Depressive symptoms of house-poor persons: Korean panel data evidence

Tae-Hoon Lee, Eun-Cheol Park, Woorim Kim, Juyeong Kim, Jaeyong Shin and Tae Hyun Kim

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2016, vol. 62, issue 6, 569-577

Abstract: Background: There are no studies researching the relationship between house-poor persons and mental health. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between house-poor status and depressive symptoms. Aim: To examine the relationship between the house-poor and depressive symptoms according to household income. Methods: Data from the Korean Welfare Panel Study were used. House-poor were defined as people having possession with over 10% house-related interest in disposable income. About 7,565 participants over the age of 19 years were followed up from 2011 to 2013. The generalized estimating equations were used for analysis. Results: Individuals with more house-related debt showed increasingly higher depression scores (possession with under 5% related debt to disposable income β = 0.2024, p  = .1544; under 10% β = 0.7030, p  = .0008; over 10% β = 1.3207, p  

Keywords: Depressive symptom; house tenure; housing affordability; house-poor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764016653773

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