Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Study Shows Millions Have Been Homeless
About 13.5 million Americans have been homeless for at least a few days sometime during their lives, contends a Columbia University study that provides the highest estimate yet of the prevalence of homelessness. An additional 12.5 million have stayed off the street only by moving in with friends or family at some point, for periods of from a few days to a year, says the study published in American Journal of Public Health. The estimates are based on a survey of 1,507 adults that asked whether they recalled ever being homeless, for how long and where they slept--in the street, a shelter, abandoned buildings or someone else’s home.
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