Researching Homelessness: An Opportunity to Increase Social Consciousness and
to Strengthen Social Networks
Rosario Sánchez-Morales
FEANTSA's European Observatory on Homelessness - European Research ConferenceHomelessness and Poverty in Europe - International and European Perspectives
Paris, Friday 18 September 2009
Manuel MuñozPedro José Cabrera
Doing Research on Homelessness: Technical, Political and Ethical conditions
Our main OBJECTIVES?
To know more about… THEN (SDF) and what are they doing
…what WE (ADF) are doing
… the RELATIONSHIP joining/dividing to each other
Doing Research on Homelessness… (2)
HOW do we made research:
From the University
From Public Administration and Servicies
From Citizenship and Civil Society
Doing Research on Homelessness…(3)
For WHAT do we made research?
For increase knowledge…
For managing better….
For living with diginity
Some other limits
Quantitative / Qualitative a false dilemma
Counts (“cuentas”) and Tales (“cuentos”)
What, Where, How, and Who counts?,
Discovering or Verifying
Researching homelessness in Spain using S-Nights methodology
State of the art in European countries Madrid, Barcelona… General frame for researh
Administration, NGO’s, University Volonteers
Recruitment and Training Direction, Negotiation and Mediation The Collective Researcher Fieldwork and Logistic
Results
Barcelona Madrid
Volonteers 708 629
Roofless people counted 634-658 650
Males 89.5% 89.1%
Foreigners 62% 55-53%
Main Nationalities Romania 16.3%Morocco 8.9%Poland 5.2%
Romania 36.2%Poland 10.5%
Morocco/Portugal 7.7%
Primary or Less Educational Level 52% 52%
More than a year living in the streets 46% 62%
Homeless lodged in shelters 49% 62%
RESULTS“From your point of view, what are been the main reasons
for becoming roofless?”
24,7
16,1
9,7
6,5
5,4
2,2
5,4
3,2
21,5
5,4
27,0
19,0
13,8
4,2
9,0
1,1
2,6
5,3
11,1
6,9
Falta de trabajo
Probl. Familiares / Ruptura afectiva
Falta de "papeles"
Alcohol
Drogadicción
Excarcelación
Voluntariamente
Enfermedad
Falta de dinero
Otras
Barcelona
Madrid
RESULTS“Wich kind of logement do you prefer?”
14,52
5,65
5,65
12,90
35,48
30,65
12,5
14,3
33,9
42,9
60,7
Un piso para mi familia
Un albergue
Una pensión
Una habitaciónsubarrendada
Un piso para mi solo
Un piso compartido conotras personas
Barcelona
Madrid
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