title: The geography of adult homelessness in the US: Validation of state and county estimates.
abstract: This study models geographic variations in the US in lifetime occurrence of homelessness, length of homeless experience, and point-in-time estimates based on socioeconomic, demographic, and disability indicators, among 13,931 respondents in the National Comorbidity Replication and the National Latino Asian American surveys. It uses a small area estimation methodology to estimate county and state levels of homelessness. This study demonstrates high validity for the state estimates, but not for counties. Overall, the model generates a point-in-time estimate of adult homeless persons at 377,000, and an adult lifetime rate of 4.7% of the household adult population.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Salem State College, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA. chudson@salemstate.edu
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Yvonne M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Vissing
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult