5.4.8.g Women and Homelessness

Homelessness markers are not consistent across the Dataset. As a proxy marker we have drawn out data where a person is recorded as having no fixed place of abode (NFPA). This is likely to result in an under-representation of the incidence of homelessness as there appear to be others in the cohort who have been homeless (based on police comments and number of addresses, for example) but this has not been captured in the available agency data.

Overall:

An adjusted Odds Ratio test shows that, after adjusting for age, Indigenous women in the cohort are 2.2 (p<0.05, 95% CI[1.3, 3.6]) times more likely to have been homeless at some point in life compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts with all other factors being equal.

Complex needs specific:

An adjusted Odds Ratio test shows that, after adjusting for age, Indigenous women with complex needs in the cohort are 1.9 (p <. 05, 95% CI[1.1, 3.4]) to have been homeless at some point in life compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts with all other factors being equal.