TABLE 1.
Variable | Never Homeless, 2001–2002 (n = 29 336), % |
First-Time Homeless, 2001–2005 (n = 1222), % |
---|---|---|
% of full wave 2 sample | 85.10 | 3.70 |
% of those not previously homeless at wave 1 | 95.80 | 4.20 |
Main predictors | ||
Poverty | 12.5 | 24.8 |
Alcohol- and drug-use disorders | ||
Neither alcohol- nor drug-use disorder | 92.4 | 81.8 |
Alcohol-use disorder only | 6.4 | 12.6 |
Drug-use disorder only | 0.6 | 2.9 |
Both alcohol- and drug-use disorders | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Control variables | ||
Age, y | ||
18–29 | 20.3 | 54.3 |
30–39 | 19.4 | 20.6 |
40–49 | 20.5 | 12.7 |
≥ 50 | 38.9 | 12.5 |
Race | ||
Non-Hispanic White | 71.3 | 65.2 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 10.7 | 17.0 |
Native American | 1.9 | 1.7 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 4.6 | 2.9 |
Hispanic | 11.5 | 13.2 |
Gender | ||
Male | 47.1 | 49.9 |
Female | 52.9 | 50.1 |
Education | ||
< high school | 13.9 | 19.1 |
High school graduate | 28.9 | 29.9 |
At least some college | 57.2 | 51.1 |
Married or live as married | 64.9 | 37.7 |
Live in urban area | 79.7 | 81.8 |
State cost of living above average | 57.7 | 56.3 |
Region | ||
Northeast | 20.5 | 15.9 |
Midwest | 23.1 | 20.6 |
South | 35.5 | 39.1 |
West | 21.0 | 24.3 |
Any psychiatric disorder | 16.5 | 35.5 |