Survey on Homeless Persons Family situation Homeless Persons by family situation until the age of 18 years old and sex Units: absolute value/percentage Both sexes Men Women persons % persons persons % persons persons % persons TOTAL 22,938 100.0 18,426 100.0 4,513 100.0 Lack of money 9,525 41.5 7,516 40.8 2,009 44.5 Extended unemployment of a family member 5,368 23.4 4,302 23.3 1,066 23.6 Death of a family member 9,540 41.6 7,907 42.9 1,632 36.2 Severe illness, incapacity or accident of parents 5,408 23.6 4,328 23.5 1,080 23.9 Divorce of the parents or abandonment by one of the parents 3,289 14.3 2,278 12.4 1,011 22.4 Serious fighting or conflict between the parents 4,361 19.0 3,065 16.6 1,296 28.7 Problems with violence in the family 3,977 17.3 2,746 14.9 1,231 27.3 Problems with alcoholism in the family or in the person 4,784 20.9 3,734 20.3 1,050 23.3 One of the parents was in prison 1,010 4.4 726 3.9 284 6.3 Serious conflict between the person and her/his family 4,142 18.1 3,231 17.5 911 20.2 The family being forced to leave the dwelling 1,072 4.7 763 4.1 310 6.9 Frequent changes in the place of residence 2,933 12.8 2,338 12.7 594 13.2 Other 750 3.3 635 3.4 116 2.6 Notes: 1) The sum of the percentages is over 100 because that is a multiple choice question Source: National Statistics Institute