Family and social ties Homeless persons according to family situation before the age of 18 by nationality Units: percentage Total Lack of money Prolonged unemployment of any family member Death of a family member Illness, disability or serious accidents of the parents Parental divorce, parental abandonment Serious fights and conflicts between parents Problems with violence in the family Alcohol problems in the family or themselves One of the parents was in prison Serious conflicts between them and a family member Eviction of the family from their home Frequent changes of place of residence Other problem Did not experience any of the above situations Total 100.0 45.1 27.3 37.1 21.5 20.1 23.7 20.4 22.0 5.6 18.8 6.2 14.6 1.6 20.0 Spanish 100.0 34.4 22.4 37.4 22.4 20.9 29.2 25.2 32.6 7.8 26.2 6.7 16.2 1.7 20.5 Foreign 100.0 55.6 32.2 36.9 20.7 19.3 18.2 15.5 11.5 3.5 11.5 5.6 12.9 1.5 19.4 - European Union 100.0 32.3 21.1 32.4 18.3 19.4 24.7 22.4 19.8 11.4 25.7 3.2 9.4 1.5 21.9 - Rest of Europe 100.0 48.7 23.5 59.9 36.2 34.0 26.9 11.8 7.9 15.3 2.8 5.1 6.5 5.0 15.1 - Africa 100.0 63.7 38.3 35.4 21.2 10.2 12.8 10.8 6.8 1.4 8.8 5.3 10.8 0.7 20.6 - America 100.0 53.3 29.2 41.5 20.3 38.4 27.2 24.1 15.4 2.4 12.6 7.2 21.3 2.8 16.1 - Other nationality 100.0 42.8 14.6 18.9 10.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 25.1 0.7 3.9 6.2 5.1 1.8 21.3 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute