Association between housing affordability and mental health: A longitudinal analysis of a nationally representative household survey in Australia

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 753-760

  Bentley, Rebecca ^a   Baker, Emma ^b   Mason, Kate ^a   Subramanian, S V ^c   Kavanagh, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; housing; longitudinal studies; mental health

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; BASIC NEEDS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80053198197     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr161     Document Type: Article

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