Does Public Housing Increase the Risk of Child Health Problems? Evidence from Linked Survey-Administrative Data.

ABSTRACT: Research on the effects of major federal housing assistance programs on children's outcomes has produced mixed results. Although housing assistance programs provide one of the few sources of affordable and stable housing for low-income families, there remains concern that living in public housing developments increases the risk of poor health for children. This paper uses a unique survey-administrative linked dataset to examine the effect of living in public housing on children's risk of health problems, including frequent diarrhea, frequent headaches, skin allergies, asthma, and fair/poor health status. Children living in public housing have substantially more health problems than children who do not live in public housing. However, the analysis develops several additional comparison grou

SUBMITTER: Fenelon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272982 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature