We delimited our focus to respondents residing inoneof two of the 98 Danish municipalities. The two municipalities were selected based on statistics that show a percentage-wise comparable number of young persons in homelessness. However, in this chapter we do not elaborate further on municipal vari...
An even number of response choices was used in Likert scales to prevent “neutral” responses, and many items were reverse coded to avoid response bias. Continuous measures addressing knowledge of characteristics of homeless people were also included, asking the respondent to estimate the percentage ...
All papers in which sex was given reported a higher percentage of males included in their analysis compared to females. When conducting quality analysis for risk of bias, 10 papers were assessed as poor, 61 papers were assessed as fair, and 12 papers were assessed as good quality. Narrative ...
Although the percentage change in the proportion of females among all people experiencing unsheltered homelessness grew by 4.0%, the proportion of females among all veterans experiencing unsheltered homelessness grew by 26.3%.#These findings highlight the growing problem of unsheltered homelessness ...
Cross. What percentage will they retain in “management or other fees?” The donating public deserve to know. We know that Red Cross run their own “Poverty Relief Appeal” yet know of no meaningful work they do in that area. In fact, their Australian operations are increasingly a business...
When the general public hears the word ‘homeless’ they usually think of the ‘visible homeless. These are the people who are begging on street corners, clearly intoxicated or severely mentally ill. This is actually a very small percentage of total homeless population in any area. The vast ma...
For descriptive analyses, categorical measures were reported as frequency and percentage, and continuous variables were described as mean, standard deviation (SD), first quartile, median, third quartile, minimum, and maximum. The matched cohorts were compared using SMD, with any value of 0.1 or ...
The treatment outcomes are shown in Table 2. The percentage of treatment success among all cases was high: 81.4 % (95 % CI, 81.1-81.7). Among homeless patients the percentage of unsuccessful outcome of treatment was 57.3 % (OR 6.32, 95 % CI 5.73-6.97, P < 0.001). Loss to follow...
Homelessness and treatment outcomes The treatment outcomes are shown in Table 2. The per- centage of treatment success among all cases was high: 81.4 % (95 % CI, 81.1-81.7). Among homeless patients the percentage of unsuccessful outcome of treatment was 57.3 % (OR 6.32, 95 % CI 5.73-...
When the general public hears the word ‘homeless’ they usually think of the ‘visible homeless. These are the people who are begging on street corners, clearly intoxicated or severely mentally ill. This is actually a very small percentage of total homeless population in any area. The vast ma...