Summary of Statistical Procedure: A comparison of the mean number of years spent homeless by age group and history of drug use.
Findings:
SDA 2.1: Means
Washington DC*MADS: Homeless and Transient Population
Oct 14, 2006 (Sat 10:50 AM EDT)
Variables
Role
Name
Label
Range
MD
Dataset
Dependent
A4Y
# OF YEARS HOMELESS THIS TIME
0-41
1
Row
CATAGE
AGE COLLAPSED INTO CATEGORIES
1-4
9
1
Column
ANYUSE
PATTERN OF DRUG USE
1-3
9
1
Weight
AWGAMA_A
MULTIPLICITY/SEASON ADJ ANALYSIS WEIGHT
.5119-93.7935
1
Main Statistics
Cells contain: -Means -N of cases
ANYUSE
1 Current drug user
2 Past drug user
3 Nonuser of drugs
ROW TOTAL
CATAGE
1: 12 to 17
.00 1
.00 1
.33 10
.31 12
2: 18 to 25
.34 27
.76 66
1.16 45
.73 138
3: 26 to 34
.80 100
1.35 176
.50 35
1.04 311
4: 35 or more
.93 107
1.63 186
2.40 117
1.60 410
COL TOTAL
.81 235
1.38 429
1.84 207
1.26 871
Color coding:
<-2.0
<-1.0
<0.0
>0.0
>1.0
>2.0
T
Mean in each cell:
Smaller than average
Larger than average
Allocation of cases (unweighted)
Valid cases
871
Cases with invalid codes on row or column variable
1
Cases with invalid codes on dependent variable
36
Total cases
908
Datasets
1
/SDA/SAMHDA/dcmads91-htp
2
/SDA/SAMHDA/dcmads91-htp
CSM, UC Berkeley
Discussion of Findings: This comparison of means shows that most age groups of the homeless population in DC more likely to be homeless for longer periods if they do not use drugs. In three of the four age groups, the category of homeless who had been homelss for the longest period of time had never used drugs. The longest number of years spent homeless in Washington DC was by the oldest group in the population that had never used drugs.
