Association between overcrowded households, multigenerational households, and COVID-19: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The role of overcrowded and multigenerational households as a risk factor for COVID-19 remains unmeasured. The objective of this study is to examine and quantify the association between overcrowded and multigenerational households and COVID-19 in New York City (NYC).

Study design

Cohort study.

Methods

We conducted a Bayesian ecological time series analysis at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) level in NYC to assess whether ZCTAs with higher proportions of overcrowded (defined as the proportion of the estimated number of housing units with more than one occupant per room) and multigenerational households (defined as the estimated percentage of residences occupied by a grandparent and a grandchild less than 18 years of age) were independently associated wit

SUBMITTER: Ghosh AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8328572 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature