The DASIS Report: Characteristics
of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002
Highlights
- Of
the admissions for whom living arrangement were recorded in SAMHSA's Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS) in 2002, 13% (171,400) were homeless at the time of admission.
Females comprised 20% of the homeless admissions.
- Compared
with all female admissions, the service setting for women who were homeless at
time of substance abuse treatment admission was more likely to be detoxification
(42% vs. 19%) or residential/rehabilitation (26% vs. 18%) and less likely to be
ambulatory settings (32% vs. 63%).
- Homeless
female admissions were more likely than all female admissions to report cocaine/crack
(24% vs. 17%) or heroin (21% vs. 16%) as their primary substance of abuse.
Reports
on homeless persons
Reports
on substance abuse treatment
Reports
on women
Other topics
Other OAS publications
and services
This Short
Report, The
DASIS Report: Characteristics
of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002,
is based on
the Drug and Alcohol Services Information System
(DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.
DASIS is conducted by the Office
of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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