The effect of neighborhood socioeconomic status on education and health outcomes for children living in social housing

P.J. Martens, D.G. Chateau, E.M.J. Burland, G.S. Finlayson, M.J. Smith, C.R. Taylor, M.D. Brownell, N.C. Nickel, A. Katz, J.M. Bolton, C. Burchill, M. Chartier, M. Doupe, R. Fransoo, C.Y. Goh, M. Hu, D. Jutte, L. Katz, L. Lix, C. Metge, C. Raymond, L. Roos, N. Roos, R. Santos, J. Sarkar and R. Walld

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 11, 2103-2113

Abstract: Objectives. We explored differences in health and education outcomes between children living in social housing and not, and effects of social housing's neighborhood socioeconomic status. Methods. In this cohort study, we used the population-based repository of administrative data at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. We included children aged 0 to 19 years in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in fiscal years 2006-2007 to 2008-2009 (n = 13 238 social housing; n = 174 017 others). We examined 5 outcomes: age-2 complete immunization, a school-readiness measure, adolescent pregnancy (ages 15-19 years), grade-9 completion, and high-school completion. Logistic regression and generalized estimating equation modeling generated rates. We derived neighborhood income quintiles (Q1 lowest, Q5 highest) from average household income census data. Results. Children in social housing fared worse than comparative children within each neighborhood income quintile. When we compared children in social housing by quintile, preschool indicators (immunization and school readiness) were similar, but adolescent outcomes (grade-9 and high-school completion, adolescent pregnancy) were better in Q3 to Q5. Conclusions. Children in social housing had poorer health and education outcomes than all others, but living in social housing in wealthier areas was associated with better adolescent outcomes. © 2014, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: adolescent; Canada; child; demography; educational status; epidemiology; female; health status; housing; human; infant; male; newborn; preschool child; socioeconomics; statistics and numerical data; treatment outcome; young adult, Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Educational Status; Female; Health Status; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Manitoba; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Public Housing; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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