Methodology of a Study

Previously published studies suggest that the problem of homelessness among youth in the Los Angeles metropolitan community area is growing (Yates, et al, 1991); further, the literature indicates that homelessness among adolescents is also associated with other social and public problems, including increases in crime, teen pregnancy and abuse, the sex trade, drug sales and use, and sexually transmitted diseases (Unger, et al, 1997). Homeless youth, in addition to being at risk for any and all of these problems, are also less likely than their peers who remain in family homes to complete an educational program at the secondary school level (much less a higher education or job training program), less likely to obtain viable permanent employment, and more likely to require extensive, even life-long publicly funded social, mental and physical health services (DeRosa, et al, 1999; Institute for the Study of Homelessn

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e study. In some instances, subjects failed to complete the entire survey instrument. This necessitated the replacement of these subjects with other homeless and ensuring that the proper ratio of males to females was maintained. Pie charts and other visual depictions of the resulting data were developed and are presented in Chapter IV, Results of the Study. Human Subject Protection Babbie (2004), as well as Bailey (1990), have pointed out that one of the responsibilities of a researcher in the social sciences as well as other fields is to ensure human subjects that their interests will be protected, that they will not be harmed by participation in a research effort, and that their right to confidentiality, privacy, and/or anonymity will be respected. Each of the subjects participating in this study were told the nature and focus of the study, given the opportunity to agree or to refuse to participate without any remuneration or participation or loss of organizational privileges for refusal, and asked to sign an informed consent statement. The informed consent statement as described by Babbie (2004), simply consists of an acknowledgement that the subject understands the purpose of the research, what is being asked of
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