Effects of Housing Deprivation on Health: Empirical Evidence from Spain

Demetrio Carmona-Derqui (), Jonathan Torres-Tellez and Alberto Montero-Soler
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Demetrio Carmona-Derqui: Facultad de Economía, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Jonathan Torres-Tellez: Facultad de Economía, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
Alberto Montero-Soler: Department of Public Finance, Economic Policy and Political Economy, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Severe housing deprivation rates in Spain have tripled in just four years, affecting 3.4% of the population in 2020, with a higher incidence among the low-income population (9.2%). Despite the social aspect of the problem, minimal research has been carried out in Spain on the effects that the various forms of housing deprivation have on health. This study analyzes the impact of housing deprivation on health outcomes, with the objective of achieving results that facilitate the creation of improved public policies. Microdata are used from the Living Conditions Survey carried out by the National Institute of Statistics for the period 2009–2019, and several multilevel logistic regression models are presented to control for possible regional differences. The results show that the elements with the greatest effect on objective health are noise, leaks and harmful temperatures in housing. In addition, environmental factors, such as pollution, neighborhood crime and the number of units in a given apartment building, can be added to the list. As a result, we conclude that there are certain structural and environmental elements in housing and the environment in which is located that have a more intense impact on objective health and on the subjective perception of a person’s state of health.

Keywords: housing deprivation; health; multilevel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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