STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

What are the causes of homelessness in the community Rio Bueno found in the

parish of Trelawny consist of about 200 households.

However, the growing problem of homelessness in Rio Bueno is a major cause for

concern . The study seeks to ascertain what are the causes of homelessness? What

are the effects of homelessness? Furthermore to seek possible solutions, if any have

been put in place to solve this problem?

REASON FOR SELECTING THE AREA OF

RESEARCH

This area was selected because it was observed by the researcher, while a lot of

homeless people has been seen in his community, I thought that is a concern that is

needed to be assessed. Therefore it was decided by the researcher to conduct a

research on homeless people in Rio bueno

METHOD USED TO COLLECT DATA

The method used to collect data is printed Questionnaires. A Questionnaire is a set

of questions given to persons who make up the population of the study. A

Questionnaire as a method used to collect data is appropriate since it collects

quantitative data. It is fairly easy to distribute and can also be made based on the data

collected and applied in this case to residents of Rio Bueno.

Questionnaires were designed to collect data from respondents. There were fifteen

(15) Questions, twenty questionnaires were distributed among the residents but only

10 returned to the investigator. There were 9 males and 11 females from the same

community from which the investigation was done. The questionnaires was

distributed while the investigator walked through the community. The age group of

persons who received the questionnaires ranged from 18-60.

INSTRUMENT USED TO COLLECT DATA

The study was conducted in January 2015. Three weeks in the month of January

(January 4 – January 23rd) were used to collect data for the study. The

questionnaires were distributed to residents in Rio Bueno and the respondents were

given three (3) days to complete the questionnaires and return them to the researcher.

Analysis and Presentation of Data

The data will be analyzed using graphical methods. Descriptive statistics will also be

used in analyzing and presenting the data.

Questionnaire

Place a tick the box for the appropriate answer

(1) Gender Male Female

(2) Age: 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-60

(3) Why do people become homeless?

(A) Is it because of: Mentally ill Poverty Substance abuse Unemployment

Other reasons (please state) _____________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

(4) At what age group do you think homelessness is most common?

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-60

(5) Do you think that education about homelessness for teenagers received at school is sufficient?

Yes No

(6) Do you think that the government are to be blamed for homelessness?

Yes No

(7) Do you think homeless people feel bad becoming homeless?

Yes No

(8) Do you believe that the society is responsible for homelessness?

Yes No

(9) Is homelessness a problem within your community or country on a whole.

Yes No

(10) What is the impact of homelessness in a society

(11) What factor is most powerful in people causing them to become homeless?

________________________________________________________________________

(12) What advice would you give to a person who is going into the homeless state?

(13) What measures can the government put in place to prevent people from getting homeless?

PROCEDURE USED TO COLLECT DATA

As stated earlier, Rio Bueno has about 200 households. It was calculated that a

sample of 80% was necessary in order to ensure accurate conclusions on the level of

prevalence of homelessness in the researcher’s community.

A total of 20 questionnaires were prepared for distribution to the community

members.

The researcher therefore decided to choose the households by a process of random

selection which will cater for the requirements mentioned above. Each slip of paper

was folded and placed into a envelope.

The 20 households selected were then supplied with questionnaires, but not all

questionaires were returned after the researcher completed he then analyze the data

collected.

PRESENTATION OF DATA

Why do you think people become homeless?

Is it because of: (A) Mentally ill (B) Poverty (C) Substance abuse (D) Unemployment (E) Others

Question six

Do you think that Government are to be blamed for homelessness?

Yes No

Figure 2

Question 4

At what age group do you think homelessnes is most common?

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-60

Figure 3

FINDINGS

In figure one the column chart was used to present the reasons why people become homeless. Of

the ten persons that answered this question on the questionnaire, nine or 90% which is the highest

figure, stated that mentally illness is the main or major reason why people become homeless. Four

or 40% of the respondents thought that unemployment was another reason for homelessness in the

community of Rio Bueno. Substance abuse and other items were stated by three different

respondents while 2 or 20% stated poverty. After looking at the data that was presented in figure

one, It was quite evident that the major reason responsible for people becoming homeless is

mentally illness. Most people ranging from ages 25 to 34 are being in homeless state. In this case,

homeless is like a word that is so how not good because you don't have any where to live, no

finances and no healthy food whatsoever.

In figure two, the bar graph shows that It shows that 80% of the respondents thinks that

Government are responsible for homelessness because of not enough available jobs and also some

people may be facing both mentally and financial issues.

In figure three, the bar chart was used to present the age categories in which people become

homeless. Four or 40% respondents stated the age category 25-34 and this was consider as the

most. Also 1 or 10% of the respondents stated 45-54 and 55-60 which makes both the least number

of respondents. In relation to the data in the bar graph presented, it was clearly understood that

most people become homeless at the ages of 25 to 34.

For question nine that was “is homelessness a problem within your community or country on a

whole?” Most of the respondents stated that it is a problem within their community but for the rest

of the country they do not know.

Recommendations

(1) The Government should allow more job apportunities so that people could get job before

they end up in the state of being homeless.

(2) People need to cut the Gambling, Drug abuse and other items that they use which can cause

health problems and risking financial resources

(3) The government should look into this grown problem and plan educative programs

regularly, to educate people about homelessness and issues that cause them to end up in

that sort of position.

Bibliography

www.wikipediaencyclopediahomelessness/345789/ty,l/opy23.

com

Www.google/images/homelessjpeg,t2gyt.com

http://good-works.net/articles/why-do-people-become-homel

ess-2/

http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/en/Who-We-Are/our-work/H

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http://money.howstuffworks.com/homeless2.htm

http://homelessresourcenetwork.org/index.php/homelessnes

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgment

Statement of problem

Reason for selecting area of research

Method used to collect data

Instrument used to collect data

Procedures used to collect data

Presentation of data

Analysis and interpretation of data

Findings

Recommendation and Implementation Strategy

Acknowledgment

First of all I will love to thank god in helping me to complete this wonderful School

Based Assessment.

My friend Tevar Young whom helped me in carrying out each and every

questionaire to every random household choosen by me and also helped me on this

overall research.

My brother Lemark for giving us a ride to each and every household choosen in the

community and my mother Sandra Jackson whom inspired me with all her heart to

let me complete this research smoothly.

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By: Micheal Jackson

Grade: 10 Peace

Teacher: Miss Lawrence reid