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Rethinking research on forming typologies of homelessness

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  • McAllister, W.
  • Lennon, M.C.
  • Kuang, L.

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In homelessness research and policymaking, it seems to be axiomatic that single adults experience 3 temporally based types of homelessness: chronic, episodic, and transitional. We discuss problems with the theorization of this typology and with the research design, data analysis, and time-aggregated conceptualization and measurement of temporality in the empirical work supporting the typology. To address the latter, we suggest a time-patterned approach to temporality and report a 10-group typology that differs significantly from the more familiar 3-group typology. We argue that which approach is used-and how typologies are developed more generally-should be based on theory and the uses to which typologies are put rather than on claims to being more true.

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  • McAllister, W. & Lennon, M.C. & Kuang, L., 2011. "Rethinking research on forming typologies of homelessness," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(4), pages 596-601.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2010.300074_9
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300074
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    1. Brianna Remster, 2021. "Homelessness among Formerly Incarcerated Men: Patterns and Predictors," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 693(1), pages 141-157, January.
    2. Fleming, Taylor & Collins, Alexandra B. & Boyd, Jade & Knight, Kelly R. & McNeil, Ryan, 2023. "“It's no foundation, there's no stabilization, you're just scattered”: A qualitative study of the institutional circuit of recently-evicted people who use drugs," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 324(C).
    3. Francisca G.-C. Richter & Claudia Coulton & Robert L. Fischer & Nina Lalich, 2021. "Public Assistance and Homeless Shelter Trajectories," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 693(1), pages 123-140, January.
    4. Tim Aubry & Ayda Agha & Cilia Mejia-Lancheros & James Lachaud & Ri Wang & Rosane Nisenbaum & Anita Palepu & Stephen W. Hwang, 2021. "Housing Trajectories, Risk Factors, and Resources among Individuals Who Are Homeless or Precariously Housed," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 693(1), pages 102-122, January.
    5. Vincent A. Fusaro & Helen G. Levy & H. Luke Shaefer, 2018. "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Lifetime Prevalence of Homelessness in the United States," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 55(6), pages 2119-2128, December.
    6. Barrett A. Lee & Marybeth Shinn & Dennis P. Culhane, 2021. "Homelessness as a Moving Target," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 693(1), pages 8-26, January.

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