Homelessness Morality Study

There is not a lot data on homeless people in The Netherlands. In this article observers examine the morality of homeless people compared to the general population. Reports show that mentally homeless people are at a disadvantage than those who are not homeless. They are more prone to substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. On the other hand due to their status in society their survival rates are higher than other members of society. Evidence shows that homeless woman have more of a survival rate than their male counterparts. In order to do this study, investigators gathered information from institutions providing help for homeless people. The institution provided the investigators with each participant’s full name, sex and date of birth. The age
Investigators were able to gather this information legally from a previous study on homeless people conducted in 2001. In order to have new data and results investigators did a ten-year follow up. On the contrary researchers feel the homeless population was not carefully represented because they did not include individuals who did not use public services. A big discussion in this study was the morality rate of the general population compared to the homeless population. It was found that homeless women and men have higher morality rates than those of the general population. This was surprising because most members of society feel homeless individuals are viewed as having no morals or desire to get out of their current situation. Furthermore, morality comes with age. The older the participants were the higher their morality rates were. There have been many theories that state the life expectancy of a member of the general population is higher than a member of the homeless population. However researchers suggest that this theory is false. Life expectancy is not based on the structure of a specific population and should not be compared. The life expectancy age is