MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepMMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepWRMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report0149-21951545-861XCenters for Disease Control and Prevention342649128314711mm7028a410.15585/mmwr.mm7028a4Quick StatsQuickStats: Percentage*,† of Men and Women Aged 25–49 Years Who Spent at Least One Night in the Past 12 Months at an Alternate Location Because They Did Not Have a Permanent Place To Stay, by Type of Location§ — National Survey of Family Growth, United States, 2017–2019Reported by: Jennifer Sayers, MPH, jsayers@cdc.gov, 301-458-4811; Colleen Nugent, PhD.16720211672021702810091009https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/All material in the MMWR Series is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.

Among adults aged 25–49 years, a higher percentage of men (4.1%) than women (2.3%) stayed at least overnight in a shelter or car or outdoors in the past 12 months because they did not have a permanent place to stay. A higher percentage of men (6.4%) than women (4.1%) stayed at least overnight with a friend or relative in the past year. Among both men and women, the percentage who stayed at least overnight with a friend or relative was higher than the percentage who stayed at least overnight in a shelter or car or outdoors.

Source: National Survey of Family Growth, 2017–2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/index.htm

With 95% confidence intervals indicated with error bars.

Estimates are based on interviews of the U.S. household population for sample adults aged 25–49 years at the time of interview.

Based on the responses to the following questions asked of all respondents, “In the last 12 months, was there ever a time when you did not have a permanent place to stay and had to stay at least overnight in a location such as a shelter, a car or someplace outdoors?”; “In the last 12 months, was there ever a time when you did not have a permanent place to stay and had to stay at least overnight with a friend or relative?”