Housing insecurity and health among people in South Korea: focusing on tenure and affordability

Park, Gum‐Ryeong

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2019.02.017

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“…In order to buy a house and pay the rent, they have to reduce living expenses related to healthy food, medical care and health services [25,28]. Renters who reported living in unaffordable housing showed the likelihood of having depressive symptoms and poor self-rated health [11]. This study also found that housing price was positively related to reduced mental distress, which was in line with previous studies [29].…”

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confidence: 89%

“…We referred conceptual framework of Emma Baker [9] and extracted variables from CGSS dataset related to housing factors. The main independent variables were housing property [3,11], living space [5,12], number of living people [13], number of houses [14], living region [14] and housing price [15][16][17]. Housing property was measured by a single item, "What type of ownership does your house belong to?"…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Following the tradition of previous empirical studies, demographic variables and social determinants of health were controlled in all models. Demographic variables included age, gender, marriage, political status [11,15,18]. Social determinants of health variables included income, work status, schooling and hukou (household residence type) [19][20][21][22].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Housing and Adult Health: Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS)

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Shen

Liang

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Housing is one of the social determinants of health and the most basic survival needs of human beings. Many studies have preliminarily confirmed that housing factors can influence residents’ health. The aims of this study were: to evaluate the housing factors associated with self-rated health and mental health among Chinese residents; to explore the regional heterogeneity of the impact of housing on health; and to assess the effects of housing on health among different age groups. Data was derived from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). Housing factors were analyzed along six dimensions: housing property, living space, number of living people, number of houses, living region and housing price. Self-rated health and mental health were used to measure health outcomes. Multivariate ordered logistic regression was performed to assess the relationship between housing and health. The living space, living region and housing price was significantly associated with self-rated health. The number of living people living region and housing price were related to mental health. The influence of housing factors on health were more pronounced among residents living in eastern and central area and among the middle-aged group (41–65). Present findings support the notion that housing factors were related to health outcomes. Future studies may focus on the impact of interventions that target on these factors, and the impact of housing on health among special groups such as migrant population and low-and-middle income families.

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Housing and Adult Health: Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS)

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“…A growing body of research has reported on delayed homeownership [ 17 ], increased house sharing [ 18 ], frustrated housing prospects [ 19 ] and material hardship [ 2 ] among young people today. Previous research focusing on children, older persons and low-income families found that an inadequate housing environment, housing cost burden, being a renter and insecure tenancy are associated with poor mental health [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. However, the effect of these housing problems on young people’s mental health has been largely understudied [ 4 , 28 ].…”

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Housing, Living Arrangements and Mental Health of Young Adults in Independent Living

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Park

2021

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Young adults are prone to psychological stress and anxiety induced by major transitions to adulthood. While employment has predominated in previous research on the social determinants of young people’s mental health, this study examines the association between young people’s housing problems and mental health in the context of an unaffordable housing market. Using the Survey on the Living Conditions and Welfare Needs of Youths (n = 1308) in Korea, the study found that perceived poor housing quality and material hardship are negatively associated with the mental health of young adults living independently. Specifically, while poor housing quality and material hardship induced by housing cost burden were negatively associated with single-person households’ mental health, only poor housing quality was associated with non-single-person households’ mental health. This study is one of the few studies examining the linkage between housing problems and mental health of young adults and informs the interventions aimed at promoting the psychological well-being of young adults in the transition from parents’ homes to independent living.

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“…However, there has been a lack of concern on housing conditions as significant factors of mental health problems, while scholarly focus has been placed on income and employment. Although a handful of studies have unearthed evidence for the association between housing and mental health in Korea (Lee et al., 2016; Park & Jung, 2019), they did not take into account the multifaceted and complicated aspects of housing for low‐income households.…”

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Revisiting the relationship among housing tenure, affordability and mental health: Do dwelling conditions matter?

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Seo

2020

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Housing is a fundamental social determinant of health (Dunn, Hayes, Hulchanski, Hwang, & Potvin, 2004; Shaw, 2004). Most health research has focused on three key aspects of housing: physical housing conditions, housing affordability and housing tenure. Specifically, substandard dwelling conditions, such as overcrowding and poor ventilation, are the well-known primary risk factors of infectious and respiratory disease. Also, housing problems may cause family disruption and deprivation (Chung et al., 2020; Singh, Aitken, Baker, & Bentley, 2019). While homeownership gives homeowners a greater sense of comfort derived from favourable economic status (Baker, Bentley, & Mason, 2013; Rohe & Stegman, 1994), inadequate housing conditions tend to cause anxiety and depression (Shaw, 2004), and difficulties in affording adequate housing are likely to cause mental health problems (Mason, Baker, Blakely, & Bentely, 2013). However, the association between housing and health outcomes requires a more in-depth and comprehensive analysis in view of the complicated relationship among the housing factors, themselves. For example, homeownership and affordable housing do not necessarily accompany decent dwelling conditions, particularly among low-income households (Pollack, Griffin, & Lynch, 2010). Although higher-income households are more likely to be homeowners, some of the low-income households might also be homeowners (Baker et al., 2013; Macintyre et al., 2003). Moreover, higher-income households tend to pay higher housing costs, but this is often because of their willingness to pay for decent housing, rather than financial hardship (Bentley, Baker,

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Housing insecurity and health among people in South Korea: focusing on tenure and affordability

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

Housing and Adult Health: Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS)

Housing and Adult Health: Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS)

Housing, Living Arrangements and Mental Health of Young Adults in Independent Living

Revisiting the relationship among housing tenure, affordability and mental health: Do dwelling conditions matter?

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