Trajectories of housing affordability and mental health problems: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

With housing costs increasing faster than incomes and a limited supply of social housing options, many households face unaffordable housing. Housing affordability problems may negatively impact mental health; however, longitudinal evidence is limited. This study investigates the association between trajectories of housing affordability problems and mental health.

Methods

We used data from 30,025 households from Understanding Society, a longitudinal household survey from the UK. Participants spending 30% or more of household income on housing were categorised as facing housing affordability problems. We estimated group-based trajectories of housing affordability problems from 9 waves of data (2009-2019). We used linear regression to calculate the association between t

SUBMITTER: Dotsikas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10097755 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature