The Impact of U.S. Housing Type and Residential Living Situations on Mental Health during COVID-19

Jyotsna Ghimire, Andrew T. Carswell, Ramesh Ghimire and Pamela R. Turner
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Jyotsna Ghimire: Department of Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Andrew T. Carswell: Department of Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Ramesh Ghimire: Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Pamela R. Turner: Department of Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-17

Abstract: Residential environments could be associated with the mental health of residents, in general, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, limited studies have investigated the relationship between these two. This study used data from the Household Pulse Survey, collected between 23 April 2020 and 23 November 2020 to explore the relationship between mental health status as perceived by the residents and housing tenure (own or rent), building type, and the number of household members, while accounting for sociodemographic characteristics, general health-related variables, and week-specific unobserved heterogeneities. The findings suggest that renters had higher odds of experiencing mental health issues than homeowners. Residents in multifamily housing units had higher odds of experiencing mental health problems than single-family units. Further, more people in the household were associated with lower odds of experiencing mental health episodes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: mental health; housing; apartments; property management; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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