Homelessness and Food Insecurity During Emerging Adulthood: Associations With Changes in Behavioral and Physical Health Over a Two-Year Period.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

For emerging adults in the United States, economic instability is a widespread problem with implications for the successful transition to adulthood. This study examines how two indicators of economic instability, homelessness and food insecurity, are associated with changes in health-related outcomes over a two-year period.

Methods

The analytic sample (N = 2,182) completed online surveys in 2019-2020 (mean age 23 years) and 2021-2022 (mean age 25 years). Regression analyses were conducted for the full sample, as well as by sexual or gender diverse (SGD) identity (17.8% of sample identified as SGD) and race/ethnicity (76.3% identified as non-White).

Results

At age 23, 8.2% of participants reported homelessness and 31.2% reported food insecurity. In the full sam

SUBMITTER: Tucker JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11031281 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature