Why does it seem like most of the homeless people are men?

Question

Has anyone else noticed this?
Of course, there is the occasional homeless girl, but most of the ones I see are men.

Answer 1

women go to shelters more and won't risk it living on the street too dangerous for them

Answer 2

that is kind of weird to because men shouldn't even be homeless on the streets. they should be able to put their life back together by either finding a job or something. I don't know why but i think that some people standing by the freeway asking for money, aren't homeless. I gave money to a homeless person one time and 10mins later when I left home, that foo was smoking cigarettes.

Answer 3

Homelessness: Statistics, Facts, Homeless People, Shelters, Charities And Youth
By: Adriel Samaan
Published: March 12, 2007
Liberal estimates suggest nearly 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year, according to The National Coalition for the Homeless, findings from the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, the Urban Institute, and the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers. Of the 3.5 million people experiencing homelessness, approximately 39% are homeless youth and children.

Although the 3.5 million homeless people only account for 1% of the United States population, those who are living in a perpetual state of homelessness more often than not, are not shiftless or lazy, but unfortunate victims at the crux of economic and societal forces.

Homelessness is a difficult condition to measure. Bureaucratic and political bias, a semantic struggle combined with the nature of homeless people, and the very condition of being homeless have made gathering concrete statistics and reliable facts difficult.

Recent numbers show that of those experiencing homelessness, approximately 43% are unmarried males, and 17% are unmarried females. Nearly 40% are under 18 years old, while 42% of homeless youth are less than five years old.

The racial demographic of those living in homelessness lends disproportionately towards African-Americans, almost 50%. Caucasians represent 35% Hispanics represent 13%, Native Americans represent 2%, and Asian roughly 1%. Geographic considerations also come into play when examining homelessness. Rural areas usually have larger populations of Caucasian, Native American and Hispanic homeless people.

Answer 4

It is a lot rougher for homeless women, and they avoid it much more. For men, the life can have a certain appeal. No work, no responsibilities, no schedule, less fears. It's not all wonderful, but many of them can be moderately happy. About half of them are mentally ill, and the get by as best they can.

Answer 5

It may have something to do with the fact that men are statistically more likely to become alcoholics. Alcoholism can & often does lead to homelessness. Men are also more likely to be incarcerated in prison & have nowhere to go when they're released.
These are just a couple of possibilties.

Answer 6

the female in many cases gets to maintain the abode, guy on my own takes up eating, starts off lacking artwork, gets sacked, indications on, fails to seek for artwork, gets kicked off the dole, et viola! Homeless.

Answer 7

homeless females tend to be more resourceful - they will go into the bathroom and wash thier hair at mcdonalds - and stay clean - they will handwash thier clothes - and take anyjob they can find to keep a roof over thier heads- they will go to shelters - because it is more dangerous for a woman on the streets - and women do not have the same ego that makes them unwilling to accept help when it is offered

Answer 8

Where I live, the homeless women become prostitutes and rent rooms in boarding houses on a daily rate. The men go out and panhandle.

Answer 9

In Los Angeles it's 50 -50.

Answer 10

Because it's women that forced their men out into the cold. Who ends up with the house after a divorce? It's women. Men don't have a chance. We even die sooner. If there is a God he's probably a she.

Answer 11

In my opinion, women can usually find somewhere to stay because their are a lot of women-only shelters, and on top of that people usually will allow a woman to stay with them because they don't feel threatened by a female.