Gender-Specific Correlates of Incarceration Among Marginally Housed Individuals in San Francisco

We assessed how different patterns of housing instability affect incarceration and whether correlates of incarceration are gender specific. We used multivariate logistic regression to assess associations between patterns of housing instability and recent jail stays among a reproducible sample of 1175 marginally housed adults in San Francisco, California. Over the previous year, 71% of men and 21% of women in the sample reported jail stays. Among women, long-term single-room occupancy hotel stays ( > 90 days) were protective for incarceration. Stays in the street were associated with incarceration among both genders, but among men, short-term (i.e.,