Losing work: Regional unemployment and its effect on homeless demographic characteristics, needs, and health care

Colin Burke; Erin E. Johnson; Claire Bourgault; Matthew Borgia; Thomas P. O'Toole

doi:10.1353/hpu.2013.0150

Losing work: Regional unemployment and its effect on homeless demographic characteristics, needs, and health care

Colin Burke, Erin E. Johnson, Claire Bourgault, Matthew Borgia, Thomas P. O'Toole

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Background. Who becomes homeless because of unemployment and what they need are poorly understood. Methods. Four- year time- series study. Homeless characteristics, co- morbid conditions, and needs are correlated with unemployment rates. Results. The unemployment rate averaged 6.7% during years 1-2 (N=198) and 11.8% during years 3-4 (N=202). Those presenting during high unemployment worked most recently in clerical positions (10.4% vs. 4.5%, p=.02) and reported unemployment (OR=2.0; 95% CI; 1.07, 3.76) and unaffordable housing (28.7% vs. 15.2%; p

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1391-1402
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Volume	24
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2013.0150
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Economy
Homeless
Social determinants
Veterans

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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