Survey on Homeless Persons Family situation Homeless Persons by family situation until the age of 18 years old and age Units: absolute value/percentage TOTAL Between 18 and 19 years Between 30 and 44 years Between 45 and 64 years More than 64 years persons % persons persons % persons persons % persons persons % persons persons % persons TOTAL 22,938 100.0 4,434 100.0 8,817 100.0 8,808 100.0 878 100.0 Lack of money 9,525 41.5 2,623 59.2 3,959 44.9 2,673 30.3 269 30.7 Extended unemployment of a family member 5,368 23.4 1,740 39.2 2,293 26.0 1,238 14.1 96 10.9 Death of a family member 9,540 41.6 1,869 42.2 3,635 41.2 3,813 43.3 223 25.3 Severe illness, incapacity or accident of parents 5,408 23.6 931 21.0 2,180 24.7 2,097 23.8 199 22.7 Divorce of the parents or abandonment by one of the parents 3,289 14.3 916 20.7 1,415 16.0 910 10.3 49 5.5 Serious fighting or conflict between the parents 4,361 19.0 959 21.6 1,841 20.9 1,517 17.2 44 5.0 Problems with violence in the family 3,977 17.3 934 21.1 1,708 19.4 1,287 14.6 48 5.5 Problems with alcoholism in the family or in the person 4,784 20.9 501 11.3 2,139 24.3 2,030 23.0 115 13.0 One of the parents was in prison 1,010 4.4 324 7.3 434 4.9 208 2.4 44 5.0 Serious conflict between the person and her/his family 4,142 18.1 948 21.4 1,914 21.7 1,215 13.8 65 7.4 The family being forced to leave the dwelling 1,072 4.7 238 5.4 625 7.1 190 2.2 19 2.2 Frequent changes in the place of residence 2,933 12.8 682 15.4 1,496 17.0 688 7.8 66 7.6 Other 750 3.3 159 3.6 293 3.3 254 2.9 44 5.1 Notes: 1) The sum of the percentages is over 100 because that is a multiple choice question Source: National Statistics Institute