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PATHWAYS TO HOMELESSNESS:
SELF-PERCEIVED RATIONALES OF HOMELESSNESS AND ASSOCIATIONS
AMONG EXPERIENCES IN CHILDHOOD AND ADULTHOOD
by
Sei-Young Lee
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(SOCIAL WORK)
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Sei-Young Lee
Object Description
| Title | Pathways to homelessness: self-perceived rationales of homelessness and associations among experiences in childhood and adulthood |
| Author | Lee, Sei-Young |
| Author email | seiyounL@usc.edu; seiping@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| School | School of Social Work |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-12-05 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-02-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Flynn, Marilyn |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Ferguson, Kristin Cousineau, Michael |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to develop the measurement model of rationales for homelessness and the structural model of pathways to homelessness. In the absence of specific method for combining individual and structural accounts with respect to how individuals become homeless, the study created the homeless individuals' self-perceived rationales for homelessness covering ten indicators from both individual and structural accounts. The study also developed structural model overarching from adverse childhood experiences to pathways to chronic homelessness. In addition, the multilevel model was created and tested in order to test the impact of two aggregated variables of rent rate and unemployment rate in macro-level on the measurement model of rationales for homelessness in micro-level. It was hypothesized that the measurement model created the second-order latent variable of homelessness, significant associations among experiences in childhood and adulthood with pathways to become homeless, and a significant influence of macro-level factors to rationales for homelessness.; This study was a cross-sectional, quantitative survey of 3,226 homeless individuals across the County of Los Angeles. To address the study's hypotheses, bivariate analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling with binary indicators were performed.; The measurement model fitted well to the data and configural invariance was found across gender, ethnicity, and the type of homelessness. Moreover, the structural model fitted well to the data. Gender differences were found in pathways both to become homeless, and to become chronic homeless. Adverse childhood experiences significantly explained to become homeless directly and indirectly. Additionally, the results from the multilevel model showed that the rate of rent was found to be significant and explained the majority of variances in the between-level model. The findings from three model tests clearly presented that the combination of individual and structural accounts explained both rationales for homelessness and pathways to homelessness. |
| Keyword | homelessness; rationales for homelessness; pathways to homelessness; adverse childhood experiences; adulthood vulnerability |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles County |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1972 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Lee, Sei-Young |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Lee-2600 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Lee-2600.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | PATHWAYS TO HOMELESSNESS: SELF-PERCEIVED RATIONALES OF HOMELESSNESS AND ASSOCIATIONS AMONG EXPERIENCES IN CHILDHOOD AND ADULTHOOD by Sei-Young Lee A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SOCIAL WORK) May 2009 Copyright 2009 Sei-Young Lee |
