| Quickly: Single Homeless Adults: 76%
Individuals in Homeless Families: 24% male percentage of single homeless adults: 67.5%
female percentage of single homeless adults: 32.5% male percentage of homeless family members: 35%
female percentage of homeless family members: 65% single male percentage, all homeless: .675 * 76% = 51.3%
single female percentage, all homeless: .325 * 76% = 24.7% family male percentage, all homeless: .35 * 24% = 8.4%
family female percentage, all homeless: .65 * 24% = 15.6% male percentage = 51.3% + 8.4% = 60%
female percentage = 24.7% + 15.6% = 40% Ok, interesting... ---- AGE In 2003, children under the age of 18 accounted for 39% of the homeless population; 42% of these children were under the age of five (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, 2004). This same study found that unaccompanied minors comprised 5% of the urban homeless population. However, in other cities and especially in rural areas, the numbers of children experiencing homelessness are much higher. ---- minors, 42% of all homeless
children under 5, .39 * 42% = 16.38% So male, 60%; female, 40%; children under 5, 16%. If I make the assumption that the children under 5 percentage is evenly split between male and female, and an additional assumption that homeless children are members of families, it means that of the 8.4% of males homeless in families, all but a remnant are under the care of a homeless woman. That means that the portion of the homeless that are women and their children is around half. |