The following article presents a study which was conducted in order
to establish indicators for monitoring the problem of homelessness
in Slovenia, to identify viable sources of information for measuring
homelessness and hidden homelessness, assess the extent of homelessness
on the basis of secondary sources and to suggest the means for
collecting data on the number of homeless individuals in Slovenia.
Our survey follows the international typology of homelessness called
ETHOS, which defines 13 operational categories, for each of which
we have defined several indicators based on eight distinct sources of
information. Additionally, the methodology underlying the collecting,
analysis and interpretation of sources/indicators is also described.
Numeric assessments of the extent of homelessness are conveyed in
four tables corresponding with four conceptual categories posited by
ETHOS. Finally, the article also recommends guidelines for future
development of systematic measuring of the extent of homelessness.
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