Section 15.3.1

15.3.1 - Housing Status and Income in 2000

Income plays a central role in determining the opportunities and constraints faced by households below or near the poverty line. Thus it is of considerable interest to examine how household income levels are related to other aspects of the lives of households in the A2H client population. We do this below, based on annual income for the year 2000 as reported by respondents (see Table 15.3.1).

Income and Housing Status. As might be expected, clients who reported that they were homeless had significantly lower incomes than other households in the population.

Table 15.3.1

HOUSING STATUS AND INCOME IN 2000

Housing Status
Income in 2000 as Percentage of Federal Poverty Level	All Clients	Clients with a Place to Live	Clients Without a Place to Live
0% (no income)	5.1%	3.4%	19.7%
1-50%	25.0%	24.4%	31.3%
51-75%	20.9%	21.5%	15.3%
76-100%	19.4%	20.3%	10.9%
101-130%	13.3%	13.9%	7.7%
SUBTOTAL	83.7%	83.5%	84.9%
131-150%	4.9%	5.2%	2.0%
151-185%	5.1%	5.2%	3.6%
186% or Higher	6.4%	6.0%	9.5%
SUBTOTAL	16.3%	16.5%	15.1%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	28,623	24,641	3,982

Notes
Item nonresponses to all variables involved were excluded in calculating percentages and sample sizes.

Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 7) at the 1% level.

Key findings include:

19.7% of the clients who are homeless had no income in 2000, compared to only 3.4% of the clients who have a place to live.
Among the clients who have a place to live, 83.5% had an income 130% or lower of the federal poverty level, while 16.5% had an income above 130% of the federal poverty level in the year 2000.
Among the clients who are homeless, 84.9% had an income 130% or lower of the federal poverty level, while 15.1% had an income above 130% of the federal poverty level in the year 2000.