Gender Studies

New gender studies study findings have been reported by researchers at San Francisco General Hospital

Published in Hospital Business Week, September 13th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "We assessed how different patterns of housing instability affect incarceration and whether correlates of incarceration are gender specific. We used multivariate logistic regression to assess associations between patterns of housing instability and recent jail stays among a reproducible sample of 1175 marginally housed adults in San Francisco, California."

"Over the previous year, 71% of men and 21% of women in the sample reported jail stays. Among women, long-term single-room occupancy hotel stays (>90 days) were protective for incarceration. Stays in the street were associated with incarceration among both...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2009-09-13)

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