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This brief, the sixth in the "Profiles or Risk" series examining characteristics of homeless families in the United States, explores differences in health and health behaviors between unstably housed poor mothers and mothers who maintain stable housing, finding that unstably housed poor mothers experience worse physical and mental health, report more drug use, and are exposed to higher rates of domestic violence than stably housed poor mothers. Notably, some unstably housed women report better outcomes when single, highlighting the importance of relationship status in the lives of homeless women.
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