Journal article
Prevalence of homelessness and co-occurring problems: A comparison of young adults in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States
JA Heerde, JA Bailey, JW Toumbourou, B Rowland, RF Catalano
Children and Youth Services Review | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2020
Abstract
Homelessness is associated with various co-occurring health and social problems yet; few contemporary international studies have examined these problems in young adulthood. This descriptive study presents cross-state comparison of the prevalence of young adult homelessness in Washington State, USA and Victoria, Australia using state representative samples from the International Youth Development Study (IYDS; n = 1945, 53% female). Associations between young adult homelessness and a range of co-occurring problems were examined using a modified version of the Communities That Care youth survey. Results showed significantly higher rates of past year homelessness were reported by young adults in..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The work of Dr Heerde is supported by funding provided through a Research Fellowship funded by the Westpac Scholars Trust. Early conceptualizations of this article were supported through a Murdoch Children's Research Institute Population Health Theme Funding Grant. The authors are grateful for the financial support of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA012140), the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (R01AA017188), the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; 491241) and the Australian Research Council (DP109574, DP0663371 and DP0877359) for supporting the IYDS. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsors. The funding sources did not have any involvement in the analysis and interpretation of data, the writing of the article or the decision to submit the article for publication.