title: Determinants of social status among homeless adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine determinants of subjective social status (SSS) among 394 sheltered homeless adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Demographics, socioeconomic status, homelessness, and other life factors were examined as potential determinants of US and Community SSS using parametric tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Higher income, African-American/other race, having health insurance, being employed, having longer duration of homelessness, having children, and being of non-veteran status were each significantly associated with higher SSS-US. African-American/ other race and having health insurance were significantly associated with higher community SSS. Variables maintained significance in multivariate models except homelessness duration (for SSS-US).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given known relations of SSS and negative health behaviors and outcomes, understanding the correlates of SSS among homeless adults may facilitate targeted interventions.
authors.affiliation: The University of Houston, College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moisiuc
authors.affiliation: The University of Houston, College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology, Houston, TX, USA. Lrreitzel@uh.edu.
authors.forename: Lorraine R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Reitzel
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Darla E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kendzor
authors.affiliation: The University of Houston, College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Childress
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Businelle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology