CHARACTERISTICS | VALUE |
---|---|
Age | |
• Mean, y | 46.8 |
• ≥ 40 y, % | 78.0 |
• Range, y | 22–68 |
Ethnicity, % | |
• Indigenous | 63.3 |
• White | 24.0 |
• Other | 12.7 |
Unstable housing, %* | 64.7 |
Residence, % | |
• Lives in DTES | 80.8 |
• Has lived in DTES > 5 y | 60.6 |
Unemployed in past 6 mo, % | 56.0 |
Family status, % | |
• Single | 73.8 |
• Have children | 59.1 |
• Living with children | 4.5 |
DTES—Downtown Eastside.
↵* Unstable housing includes single-room occupancy hotels, shelters, and homelessness.