2011 Articles
Rethinking Research on Forming Typologies of Homelessness
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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- American Journal of Public Health
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- https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2010.300074
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- Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
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- July 23, 2012