Key to Sources
HL1: Homelessness LA case records HHiS: Health and Homelessness in Scotland study (Waugh et al, 2018) SHS: Scottish Household Survey SHeS: Scottish Health Survey; PSE – UK Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey 2012 GUS: ‘Growing Up in Scotland’ Cohort Survey DEST: ‘Destitution in the UK’ Survey 2017 (Fitzpatrick et al, 2018) SDMD: Scottish Drug Misuse Database SPS–PS: Scottish Prison Service, Prisoners Survey PSE: Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey SCJS: Scottish Crime and Justice Survey CP: Criminal Proceedings statistics
Table 1: Guide to Core Definitions Domain Homelessness Definition
• Accepted as statutorily homeless/threatened with homelessness • Self-identifying as ‘homeless’
• Self-reporting: applying as homeless; sleeping rough; sofa- surfing; living in emergency/temporary or highly insecure accommodation.
• Combinations of recent housing problems as a proxy Offending
• Being convicted, arrested or accused in connection with non- trivial crimes (i.e. excluding minor motoring offences)
• Self-reporting being in trouble with police • Currently or recently in prison
Substance dependency Drug and/or alcohol dependency, as indicated by:
• Engagement in drug treatment programmes • Drug-related hospital treatment • Drug treatment-specific prescriptions
• Self-reporting use of Class A drugs and/or dependence on certain Class B drugs (e.g. cannabis)
• Self-reporting heavy/hazardous alcohol use • Self-identifying as a having an ‘alcohol or drug problem’
Domestic violence & abuse (DVA)
Being a victim of DVA, as indicated by self-reported experience of:
• Actual violence, coercive control or threats of violence, and/or stalking or harassment by partner/former partner(s)
• Any forced sex since age 16 • DVA as reason for loss of home • Self-reported experience of ‘domestic violence’
Mental health problems (MH)
‘Common Mental Disorders’ (CMD) such as depression and anxiety – serious enough to achieve recognition in a primary healthcare setting – and psychosis and other severe mental health conditions. Indicated by:
• Relevant prescriptions • Hospital treatment/admissions • Referral agency or professional assessment
• Survey responses to multi-item survey scales and questions about long-term health conditions
• Self-identifying as having a mental health problem or support needs
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HHiS HHiS SDMD
SCJS, PSE, SPS-PS, GUS DEST, HL1
SCJS, PSE, GUS
PSE HHiS DEST
SDMD HHiS HHiS SCJS, GUS
SHeS, SCJS, GUS DEST, SPS-PS, HL1
Dataset(s)5
HL1, HHiS SHS, PSE
SHS, PSE, GUS, DEST, SPS-PS SCJS
SCJS, CP, PSE, GUS
DEST SPS-PS, GUS, HL1
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