Tsai Jack, Lampros Austin
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans, US Department of Veterans Affairs Homeless Programs Office, Washington, DC, USA.
Public Health Rep. 2025 Jan-Feb;140(1):103-107. doi: 10.1177/00333549241255805. Epub 2024 Jun 20.
Information about homelessness among women is conflicting. We examined changes in the number and rate of various types of homelessness among females in multiple population groups from 2018 through 2022.
We used 5 years of population data (2018-2022) from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). We performed descriptive analyses to examine changes in rates of homelessness over time and differences in rates of homelessness between general and veteran populations.
From 2018 through 2022, there were major increases in rates of unsheltered homelessness among females (25.1%) and males (17.3%) in the general population, which outpaced increases in general population birth rates. 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 in the general population. Prevention efforts should be focused particularly on the female, especially veteran female, population.
关于女性无家可归情况的信息相互矛盾。我们研究了2018年至2022年多个群体中女性各类无家可归情况的数量和比率变化。
我们使用了美国住房和城市发展部（HUD）和美国退伍军人事务部（VA）的5年人口数据（2018 - 2022年）。我们进行了描述性分析，以研究无家可归比率随时间的变化以及普通人群和退伍军人人群无家可归比率的差异。
从2018年到2022年，普通人群中女性（25.1%）和男性（17.3%）的无庇护无家可归比率大幅上升，超过了普通人口出生率的上升幅度。尽管在所有无庇护无家可归者中女性所占比例的变化百分比增长了4.0%，但在所有无庇护无家可归的退伍军人中女性所占比例增长了26.3%。
这些发现凸显了普通人群中无庇护无家可归问题日益严重。预防工作应特别关注女性，尤其是退伍军人女性群体。
