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Table 1 Socioeconomic status in the homeless population and in the general population in Hungary

From: Health status and health behaviour of the Hungarian homeless people

 

Homeless population

Lowest income quintile of the general population

General population

Roofless

Houseless

Insecure housing

Inadequate housing

P-value*

Overall

 

P-value†

 

P-value‡

Education degree (%)

 Primary school is not finished

3.2

8.8

10.4

4.1

0.07

6.9

4.8

< 0.001

1.9

< 0.001

 Primary school

51.6

52.2

45.8

53.1

51.4

30.6

13.3

 Vocational school

33.9

28.5

37.5

30.6

31.2

50.5

47.9

 High-school graduation

7.3

7.0

6.3

0

6.2

11.0

18.0

 College/University degree

4.0

3.5

0

12.2

4.2

3.1

18.9

Economic activity (%)

 Unemployed

81.5

80.6

77.1

77.6

0.9

80.1

36.9

< 0.001

17.5

< 0.001

 Have a job

9.7

10.8

14.6

16.3

11.5

40.7

61.8

 Retired

8.9

8.6

8.3

6.1

8.4

22.4

20.7

Marital status (%)

 Married or civil partnership

12.9

8.4

16.7

18.4

0.02

11.6

77.5

< 0.001

62.7

< 0.001

 Unmarried

43.5

34.1

45.8

46.9

39.4

15.2

20.5

 Widow/widower

8.1

8.4

4.2

0

6.9

2.7

5.3

 Divorced

35.5

49.1

33.3

34.7

42.1

4.7

11.5

  1. *Comparing the different homeless categories
  2. † Comparing the overall homeless category to the lowest income quintile of the general population
  3. ‡ Comparing the overall homeless category to the general population