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Understanding lifetime homeless duration: investigating wave 1 findings from the Journeys Home project
Author(s) -
Scutella Rosanna,
Johnson Guy,
Moschion Julie,
Tseng YiPing,
Wooden Mark
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2013.tb00272.x
Subject(s) - duration (music) , project commissioning , intervention (counseling) , work (physics) , publishing , psychology , sociology , gerontology , political science , medicine , psychiatry , art , literature , law , mechanical engineering , engineering
The variation in the amount of time people remain homeless has important policy implications with respect to reducing long‐term homelessness and designing more effective early intervention approaches. This paper examines the factors that influence lifetime homeless duration in Australia using data from the first wave of Journeys Home, a new national survey of individuals exposed to high levels of housing insecurity that employs more rigorous sampling methods than previously used. Those at increased risk of long durations of homelessness over their lifetimes include people who had less family support in childhood, shorter work histories and lower education levels. We also find evidence supporting the idea that people who first experience homelessness at a young age are more likely to experience persistent homelessness.