Predictors of becoming redomiciled among older homeless women.
The authors test a model to predict residential outcome among 201 homeless women aged 50 and over. On two-year follow-up, 47% were successfully domiciled. Of 12 variables examined using logistic regression analysis, only 2 variables, perceived support and number of community facilities attended were significant predictors of being domiciled on follow-up. Three additional variables-absence of psychosis, a lifetime history of less than one year of homelessness, and number of entitlements-attained near-significance. Although residential outcome is predicted by a few individual characteristics, what is most striking is the lack of suitable housing options.
Cohen
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SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn 11203, USA.
Ramirez
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Teresi
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Gallagher
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Sokolovsky
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D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009519:New York City; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors