Reductions in the United Kingdom's Government Housing Benefit and Symptoms of Depression in Low-Income Households

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 421-429

  Reeves, Aaron ^a,b   Clair, Amy ^b   McKee, Martin ^c   Stuckler, David ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

depression; housing; mental health; natural experiment

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MARKET; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIVATE SECTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT HOUSING BENEFIT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TRENDS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84991694121     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww055     Document Type: Article

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