Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (SRFVA)

Geographic location of shelter, name

Geographic location refers to the physical place a statistical unit is located and for which statistics are collected and disseminated.

Shelter refers to an establishment for persons lacking a fixed address or for persons needing transitional shelter or assistance. Included are shelters for persons lacking a fixed address (such as homeless shelters or shelters for street youth), shelters for abused women and children, and transition homes or halfway houses for ex-inmates or persons on conditional release.

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

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