“Are we moving again this week?” Children's experiences of homelessness in Victoria, Australia

Kirkman, Maggie; Keys, Deborah; Bodzak, Daria; Turner, Alina

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.004

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“…It has been suggested that frequent moving is an indicator of greater family problems and can cause emotional stress during early life. 9 , 10 , 12 , 28 , 29 Previous studies of youth have shown increasingly negative effects with more relocation experiences. 13 , 14 In addition, with regard to life-course transitions, mobility experiences from adolescence to adulthood might further reflect an individual’s long-term residential stability context.…”

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Lifetime Residential Mobility History and Self-Rated Health at Midlife

Lin

Huang

Bai

2012

Journal of Epidemiology

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BackgroundLittle research focuses on the influence of lifetime residential mobility on health at midlife. We used a national survey of participant recall of residential mobility to assess this issue and explore the mediating and moderating effects of personal and environmental context.MethodsIn March 2010, we collected data from people in Taiwan aged 40 to 60 years. Based on the household registration system, data were collected using the population proportional-to-size sampling method and a computer-assisted telephone interview. A total of 2834 participants completed the interview. Based on the 3490 registered households, the overall response rate was 81.2%.ResultsThe mean cumulative frequency of geographic relocation (CFGR) was 3.06 ± 2.78 times and ranged from 0 to 21. After carefully adjusting for the heterogeneity of demographic and socioeconomic propensity, total CFGR was significantly positively associated with negative self-rated mental (odds ratio [OR] and 95% CI for increase per time: 1.06, 1.02–1.16) and physical (OR and 95% CI for increase per time: 1.16, 1.05–1.26) health. Social network support lessened the impact of total CFGR on self-rated mental health. In addition to the primary effect, the interaction (residential environmental satisfaction × total CFGR) significantly moderated negative mental health and negative physical health.ConclusionsLifetime residential mobility history independently influenced midlife health. Social network support and satisfaction with the residential environment in past and current living places further mediated or moderated midlife health. Findings from these different perspectives offer insights for future medical care projects and epidemiologic studies.

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Lifetime Residential Mobility History and Self-Rated Health at Midlife

Lin

Huang

Bai

2012

Journal of Epidemiology

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“…Ils semblent conscients d'y vivre pour une durée limitée, d'y manquer de place et notamment d'espaces pour jouer. À la conception du foyer comme d'un chez soi paraît se substituer l'importance de préserver un « entre nous », peu dépendant du lieu matériel de l'hébergement (Le Méner, 2015), mais essentiel face à la vulnérabilité résidentielle (Kirkman et al, 2010). Cependant, les plaintes et les critiques que les parents ou les enfants peuvent formuler à l'égard de leur hébergement ne recouvrent pas forcément l'éventail réel et la diversité des pratiques quotidiennes qui s'y font jour.…”

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“…Dès lors, la vulnérabilité résidentielle qui touche les familles semble une autre traduction du règne du provisoire qui préside à l'hébergement des familles. Les simples descriptions statistiques présentées ici montrent bien l'effet corrosif de l'instabilité résidentielle sur les sociabilités et les pratiques enfantines, également remarqué dans des enquêtes menées auprès d'enfants sans logement, en Australie notamment (Moore et al, 2008 ;Kirkman et al, 2010). Tendanciellement, l'instabilité résidentielle paraît entrainer une désarticulation entre les espaces du quotidien, c'est-à-dire entre les activités, les relations sociales et les formes d'appropriation spatiales qui s'y font jour.…”

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La difficile articulation entre les espaces du quotidien chez les enfants sans logement

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Méner

Oppenchaim

2016

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More and more homeless children are accomodated in subsidized hotels or shelters with their parents. Theses families grapple with a housing system that provides stays of unpredictable lengths, and entail high residential instability. This paper draws upon a randomized survey, of 232 6 to 12 year old children for whom primar schooling is mandatory. We show that homelessness hinders the social practices and relationships of the children, at the shelter, around the neighborhood or around the school.

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“…Homeless children are a particularly vulnerable population due to high levels of residential mobility. As Kirkman, Keys, Bodzak, and Turner (2010) elaborate, homelessness can leave children feeling a range of negative emotions, including confusion, anger, and sadness, and they may begin to see unsteadiness as the norm. Homeless children also exhibit mental health issues at high levels (Bassuk, Richard, & Tsertsvadze, 2015).…”

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Beyond residential mobility: A broader conceptualization of instability and its impact on victimization risk among children

Merrick

Henly

Turner

et al. 2018

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Predictability in a child’s environment is a critical quality of safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments, which promote wellbeing and protect against maltreatment. Research has focused on residential mobility’s effect on this predictability. This study augments such research by analyzing the impact of an instability index—including the lifetime destabilization factors (LDFs) of natural disasters, homelessness, child home removal, multiple moves, parental incarceration, unemployment, deployment, and multiple marriages–on childhood victimizations. The cross-sectional, nationally representative sample of 12,935 cases (mean age = 8.6 years) was pooled from 2008, 2011, and 2014 National Surveys of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV). Logistic regression models controlling for demographics, socio-economic status, and family structure tested the association between excessive residential mobility, alone, and with LDFs, and past year childhood victimizations (sexual victimization, witnessing community or family violence, maltreatment, physical assault, property crime, and polyvictimization). Nearly 40% of the sample reported at least one LDF. Excessive residential mobility was significantly predictive of increased odds of all but two victimizations; almost all associations were no longer significant after other destabilizing factors were included. The LDF index without residential mobility was significantly predictive of increased odds of all victimizations (AOR’s ranged from 1.36 to 1.69), and the adjusted odds ratio indicated a 69% increased odds of polyvictimization for each additional LDF a child experienced. The LDF index thus provides a useful alternative to using residential moves as the sole indicator of instability. These findings underscore the need for comprehensive supports and services to support stability for children and families.

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“Are we moving again this week?” Children's experiences of homelessness in Victoria, Australia

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

Lifetime Residential Mobility History and Self-Rated Health at Midlife

Lifetime Residential Mobility History and Self-Rated Health at Midlife

La difficile articulation entre les espaces du quotidien chez les enfants sans logement

Beyond residential mobility: A broader conceptualization of instability and its impact on victimization risk among children

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