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Incidence and Prevalence of Homeless and Runaway Youth

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Title Page

Acknowledgments

List of Exhibits

1. INTRODUCTION

   1.1 Study Background and Goals
   1.2 Organization of the Report
   

2. DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES

   2.1 Definitional Issues

   2.1.1 Runaway Experiences
   2.1.2 Throwaway Experiences
   2.1.3 Homeless Experiences
   2.1.4 Street Experiences
   2.1.5 Definitional Overlap

   2.2 Types of Estimates
   2.3 Types of Designs
   2.4 Sampling Frames

   2.4.1 Service Providers
   2.4.2 Household Samples
   2.4.3 Service Users
   2.4.4 Street Locations
   2.4.5 Residential Facilities
   2.4.6 Multiframe, Unified Estimates

   2.5 Data Collection Modes

   2.5.1 Mail Surveys
   2.5.2 Web-Based Surveys
   2.5.3 Telephone Surveys
   2.5.4 Face-to-Face Field Surveys
   2.5.5 Capitalizing on Existing Surveys

   2.6 Sample Size and Precision
   2.7 Instrumentation Issues

   2.7.1 Service Provider Instrumentation
   2.7.2 Youth Instrumentation
   2.7.3 Parent Instrumentation

   2.8 Summary

3. KEY DECISION FACTORS

   3.1 Research Questions
   3.2 Coverage
   3.3 Costs

4. SELECTED DESIGN OPTIONS

   4.1 Option A - Capitalizing on Existing Surveys

   4.1.1 Adding Items to Existing Surveys
   4.1.2 Secondary Analysis of Extant Datasets
   4.1.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Option A
   4.1.4 Cost Estimates

   4.2 Option B - Shelter Youth Survey + Option A

   4.2.1 Sample Design of Shelter Youth Survey
   4.2.2 Methodology of Shelter Youth Survey
   4.2.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Option B
   4.2.4 Cost Estimates of Option B

   4.3 Option C - Street Youth Survey + Option A

   4.3.1 Sample Design of Street Youth Survey
   4.3.2 Methodology of Street Youth Survey
   4.3.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Option C
   4.3.4 Cost Estimates for Option C

   4.4 Option D - Shelter and Shelter Youth Survey + Option A

   4.4.1 Sample Design of Option D
   4.4.2 Methodology of Option D
   4.4.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Option D
   4.4.4 Cost Estimates for Option D

   4.5 Summary

REFERENCES

Appendix A

 

 

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