Affiliation:
1. Barrett A. Lee is Professor of Sociology and Demography and a faculty associate of the Population Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University. He has a longstanding interest in numerous aspects of urban homelessness. He also studies racial and ethnic spatial segregation, neighborhood change, local social networks, and residential mobility and attainment.
2. Meredith J. Greif is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University. In addition to examining homelessness, her work focuses on neighborhood attachment, immigration and assimilation, residential mobility, and racial identity.
Abstract
We employ data from the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients to examine the character and correlates of hunger among homeless people. Our analysis, couched in an adaptation framework, finds more support for the differentiation hypothesis than for the leveling hypothesis: Complex patterns of food insecurity exist at the individual level, and they vary with the resources available (e.g., higher monthly income, regular shelter use) and obstacles faced (e.g., alcohol, drug, and physical and mental health problems). The chronically homeless, who suffer from multiple deficits, appear particularly food-insecure, a finding that favors the desperation hypothesis over its street-wisdom alternative. We conclude that hunger is not uniformly experienced by members of the homeless population. Rather, some individuals are better situated than others to cope with the stressful nature of homelessness when addressing their sustenance needs.
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Social Psychology
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