Service Users Form

Instrument name: Service Users Form - National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients

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Citation: Burt, M, Aron LY, Douglas T, Valente J, Lee E and Iwen B.  (1999). Homeless Client Survey. National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients.  Conducted for the Interagency Council on the Homeless.  Washington DC: Urban Institute. Click here for text

Purpose: To provide information about the characteristics of homeless persons who use homeless services.

Population: Homeless and at-risk clients

Publication date(s): 1999

Domain: Housing status

Administration: Structured interview

Reliability and validity information: None reported

Item description/response options: Structured items assessing housing status during the 7-day period prior to being interviewed, including assessment of tenure.

Description of the original study: The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC) was designed to provide updated information about the providers of homeless assistance and the characteristics of homeless persons who use services. The survey is based on a statistical sample of 76 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, including small cities and rural areas. Data for the survey were collected between October 1995 and November 1996 by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and analyzed by the Urban Institute.  The survey was designed to provide up-to-date information about the providers of assistance to homeless people, the characteristics of those who use services that focus on homeless people, and how this population has changed in metropolitan areas since 1987.