Tacchi M J, Scott J
Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Psychiatr Serv. 1996 Feb;47(2):196-8. doi: 10.1176/ps.47.2.196.
To increase knowledge of homeless women in Britain, 49 female residents of two hostels were interviewed. The median age was 31 years, two-thirds had never married, and nearly three-fourths were born in England. When the sample was divided into younger and older groups by median age, significantly more black women were in the younger group. Older women had more serious mental illnesses and more problems with addiction. Median length of stay in the hostels was much shorter than the median time since becoming homeless, supporting other findings that women form a "hidden-homeless" subgroup. The findings suggest that younger and older homeless women may have different health and social service needs.
为了增进对英国无家可归女性的了解，对两家收容所的49名女性住户进行了访谈。年龄中位数为31岁，三分之二的人从未结婚，近四分之三的人出生在英格兰。当按年龄中位数将样本分为年轻组和年长组时，年轻组中的黑人女性明显更多。年长女性患有更严重的精神疾病，成瘾问题也更多。在收容所的停留时间中位数远短于无家可归后的时间中位数，这支持了其他研究结果，即女性构成了一个“隐性无家可归”的子群体。研究结果表明，年轻和年长无家可归女性可能有不同的健康和社会服务需求。
