Life Conditions Homeless persons according to the reasons for leaving the accommodation they had before becoming homeless by nationality Units: percentage Total Separation from partner They or their children suffered from violence The building where they lived was in ruins Eviction from the dwelling The rental contract ended Loss of their job Hospitalisation They were deprived of their freedom Change in municipality They could no longer pay for accommodation Having to start from scratch after emigrating to another country Addiction problems Departure or abandonment from a juvenile centre Other causes Total 100.0 14.1 9.6 2.5 16.1 8.0 26.8 11.1 7.2 9.6 14.7 28.8 12.6 2.7 15.2 Spanish 100.0 17.7 8.5 3.0 21.4 9.5 26.7 12.4 9.3 6.7 16.2 3.5 18.9 1.6 17.3 Foreign 100.0 10.5 10.8 1.9 10.9 6.5 26.9 9.8 5.1 12.5 13.2 54.1 6.2 3.9 13.1 - European Union 100.0 14.7 7.8 3.4 10.5 5.0 45.6 12.1 5.1 6.2 23.5 28.6 18.7 1.4 12.8 - Rest of Europe 100.0 11.4 5.6 0.0 12.6 9.7 22.5 16.6 3.4 16.9 14.4 39.5 2.0 1.1 24.5 - Africa 100.0 8.0 6.8 2.2 10.3 6.1 22.6 9.3 6.1 13.5 8.0 57.9 5.4 6.7 11.4 - America 100.0 13.4 22.3 0.9 13.2 8.7 30.6 10.4 3.4 14.3 19.8 62.0 3.3 0.1 9.7 - Other nationality 100.0 10.4 5.6 2.3 3.3 0.7 8.5 0.2 3.5 2.6 6.7 46.6 1.4 0.0 46.3 Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute