Open AccessHomelessness in female-headed families: childhood and adult risk and protective factors.
Author(s) -
Ellen L. Bassuk,
John C. Buckner,
Linda Weinreb,
Angela Browne,
Shari S. Bassuk,
Ree Dawson,
Jennifer Perloff
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.2.241
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , family disruption , mental health , medicine , social support , foster care , psychiatry , environmental health , psychology , gerontology , demography , social psychology , population , nursing , sociology
To identify risk and protective factors for family homelessness, a case-control study of homeless and low-income, never-homeless families, all female-headed, was conducted.