Description of files in this folder

Program code
Estimating homelessness – Stata program.txt – this is the program code written in Stata version 14 (Statacorp 2015)



Meta-data
description of variables.csv – this is a meta-data spreadsheet providing descriptions of all variables used in the data spreadsheets listed below.



Data spreadsheets
census.csv – results of the national homelessness count performed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2018) as part of the 2016 Census. Extracted from:
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2049.0

census11.csv – results of the national homelessness count performed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2018) as part of the 2011 Census. Extracted from:
https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/allprimarymainfeatures/D32B5FF70C5B4095CA25824F001762CE?opendocument

erp.csv – estimated resident population of Australia by sex and single year of age, 1971-2017, extracted from the ABS series, Australian Demographic Statistics, https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3101.0

gss_pop.csv – the estimated sample frame of the General Social Survey 2014 by sex and age group, extracted from ABS (2015)
https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4159.0

lifetable_201315.csv – Life Tables for Australia, 2013-15, produced by and extracted from the ABS (2016) https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/allprimarymainfeatures/845C0FA755DFFBD0CA2581BC001578CF?opendocument
 
regression.csv – the regression coefficients produced from the structural equation modelling of the General Social predicting the timing, duration and number of past homeless episodes, the type of accommodation and whether help was sought from housing/homelessness service providers.

shs_data.csv – counts of the number of people who accessed Specialist Homelessness Services in Australia in 2013-14, collated and published by the AIHW (2018). Extracted from:
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/homelessness-services/shsc-data-cubes/contents/specialist-homelessness-services-collection-shsc-data-cubes



Description of data not publicly available
Accessing the General Social Survey 2014 – Information on the General Social Survey 2014, including how to access and the variables used in this study.

Accessing Journeys Home – Information on the Journeys Home survey, including how to access and the variables used in this study.