Evolution of the accommodation situation among women living homeless in Madrid, Spain: A longitudinal study.
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Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/56019DOI: 10.1037/ort0000601
ISSN: 0002-9432
Date
2022Affiliation
Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Economía; Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Ciencias de la EducaciónBibliographic citation
VÁZQUEZ, J. J., CABRERA, A., & PANADERO, S. Evolution of the accommodation
situation among women living homeless in Madrid, Spain: A longitudinal
study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2022. 92(2), 159-167. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000601
Keywords
Women
Homeless
Social exclusion
Accommodation
Longitudinal study
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Abstract
Women constitute a particularly vulnerable subgroup of people living homeless, with their own set of circumstances and life histories that are different from men in the same situation. In this paper, we present the results of a longitudinal study on the situation, needs, characteristics, and process of change among women in a homeless situation in Madrid (Spain). This study involved 136 homeless women who were spending the night at shelters, drop-in centers, on the street, or in public spaces. Data was collected through structured interviews conducted every 6 months for a total of 3 years. Throughout that period of time approximately half of the interviewed leaves the most extreme situation of homelessness. One in four interviewees gained access to independent accommodation, although in most cases this did not mean that they were no longer in a position of residential exclusion. The logistic regression analyses performed suggested that the variables with the closest correlation to improved accommodation were: receiving stable government economic benefits, obtaining income from work, not having Spanish nationality, not having a disability and having suffered fewer stressful life events at baseline, as well as a better perceived state of health. However, with regard to access to independent accommodation, the most closely-related variables were receiving stable government economic benefits and obtaining an income from work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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