Table 1.
Characteristics of 51 people experiencing homelessness and participating in hand hygiene interviews during COVID‐19 in Atlanta, Georgia, May to August 2020
| Unsheltered (n = 23) | Sheltered (n = 28) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Age in years, median (range) | 50 (25–75) | 49 (25–66) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Men | 12 | 52 | 14 | 50 |
| Women | 11 | 48 | 14 | 50 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||
| Black, non‐Hispanic | 17 | 74 | 25 | 89 |
| White, non‐Hispanic | 3 | 13 | 3 | 11 |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hispanic | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Other, non‐Hispanic | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| First time experiencing homelessness | ||||
| Yes | 7 | 30 | 15 | 54 |
| No | 16 | 70 | 12 | 43 |
| Duration of current episode of homelessness (years) | ||||
| Range | 0.2–33 | 0.04–18 | ||
| Median | 3 | 0.5 | ||
| Interquartile range | 2–6 | 0.3–1.0 | ||