Rental Housing Type and Self-Reported General Health and Mental Health Status: Evidence from the Canadian Housing Survey 2018–2019

Shirmin Bintay Kader, Md Sabbir Ahmed, Kristen Desjarlais-deKlerk, Xavier Leloup, Laurence Simard, Catherine Leviten-Reid and Nazeem Muhajarine ()
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Shirmin Bintay Kader: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
Md Sabbir Ahmed: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
Kristen Desjarlais-deKlerk: Department of Business and Administration, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3G 2E9, Canada
Xavier Leloup: Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 385 Sherbrooke E, Montréal, QC H2X 1E3, Canada
Laurence Simard: Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 385 Sherbrooke E, Montréal, QC H2X 1E3, Canada
Catherine Leviten-Reid: Community Economic Development, Community-University Housing Research Laboratory, Cape Brenton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, NS B1M 1A2, Canada
Nazeem Muhajarine: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada

IJERPH, 2024, vol. 21, issue 9, 1-19

Abstract: Using the Canadian Housing Survey, 2018–2019, we examined self-reported general and mental health among tenants residing in various housing types, including cooperative, non-profit, government, and private housing. Adjusting for confounders, we discovered that tenants in not-for-profit housing reported the highest odds, over four and half times (odds ratio 4.63), of poor general health compared to tenants in privately owned housing in Canada. On the other hand, the odds were reversed for tenants in cooperative housing and government housing, with 24% and 33% lower odds of poor general health, respectively, compared to tenants in privately owned housing. Moreover, we found that tenants in not-for-profit (1.26) and government housing (1.43) reported higher odds of poor mental health. On the other hand, tenants in cooperative housing reported 42% lower odds of poor mental health than tenants in privately owned housing. Furthermore, we observed variations in the odds of poor general and poor mental health among tenants from different equity-seeking groups across different housing types. These findings highlight the importance of considering housing type and equity factors in understanding health outcomes among tenants.

Keywords: social-affordable housing; self-rated health; self-rated mental health; housing tenancy; National Housing Strategy (Canada) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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