Homelessness in Texas |
A second analysis of the 1999 statewide survey |
Introduction
The Texas Homeless Network conducted in 1999, the
“Homelessness in Texas” statewide survey. The report of the survey presented
some descriptive statistics of the homeless population in Texas. For example,
proportion of males and females, racial/ethnical distribution, proportion of
people that receive each type of assistance available, and educational
attainment.
The purpose of this report is to present a deeper
statistical analysis of the 1999 survey, with focus on using the data available
to test hypotheses. This report addresses many relevant questions about the homeless
population in Texas. Questions concerning
the demographic distribution, age, gender, race/ethnicity, reasons for
homelessness, duration of homelessness, migration, family, children, education,
employment, sources of income, services, and needs are covered.
This report was developed by Walter
Lana Leite, a Ph.D. student of Quantitative Methods at the University
of Texas at Austin, during his internship at Texas Homeless Network.