Citation

Devine JA, Wright JD. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1997; 67(4): 618-631.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9361868

Abstract

Analysis of the housing dynamics and individual characteristics of a sample of 670 participants in the New Orleans Homeless Substance Abusers Program reveals substantial diversity with respect to income, education, and occupational attainment. Nevertheless, drug consumption and dependence serve as socioeconomic levelers, dissolving otherwise potentially critical differences in human-capital and economic capacities. The need to focus concurrently on both structural and individual causes of homelessness is emphasized.

Language: en