Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (SRFVA)

Shelter resident of population, category

Shelter resident refers to a person that lives in an establishment for persons lacking a fixed address or for persons needing transitional shelter or assistance.

Population refers to the total membership, based on specific characteristics, of a group of people, objects or events at a given time and within a particular geographic area.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Residents of shelters