Income and Housing Status (15.3.1)
A comparison with other households in the population shows, as might be expected, that a significantly higher percentage of clients who reported being homeless had no income. Interestingly, the percentage with income above 130% of the federal poverty line is slightly higher among clients who have no place to live than among those who do.
Table 15.3.1
HOUSING STATUS AND INCOME IN 2004
|
|
Housing Status |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Income in 2004 as Percentage of Federal Poverty Level |
All Clients |
Clients with a Place |
Clients Without a Place to Live |
0% (no income) |
7.8% |
5.1% |
25.4% |
1%-50% |
27.2% |
26.7% |
30.4% |
51%-75% |
22.9% |
24.2% |
13.8% |
76%-100% |
15.6% |
17.0% |
6.3% |
101%-130% |
11.2% |
11.7% |
7.4% |
SUBTOTAL |
84.6% |
84.8% |
83.4% |
|
|
|
|
131%-150% |
4.5% |
4.8% |
2.4% |
151%-185% |
4.0% |
4.0% |
3.7% |
186% or Higher |
6.9% |
6.4% |
10.4% |
SUBTOTAL |
15.4% |
15.2% |
16.6% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
47,960 |
41,064 |
6,896 |
Notes:
In calculating percentages and sample sizes, we excluded item nonresponses to all variables involved.
Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 7) at the 1% level.
Key findings include:
- Over a quarter (25.4%) of the clients who are homeless had no income in 2004, compared with only 5.1% of the clients who have a place to live.
- In 2004, among the clients who had a place to live, 84.8% had an income less than or equal to 130% of the federal poverty level, while 15.2% had an income above 130% of the federal poverty level.
- In 2004, among the clients who were homeless, 83.4% had an income less than or equal to 130% of the federal poverty level, while 16.6% had an income above 130% of the federal poverty level.