Association Between Housing Affordability and Severe Maternal Morbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The number of people living in unaffordable housing (relative to income) is projected to continue increasing as housing cost inflation outpaces incomes in the US. Although reproductive-aged women have disproportionately high housing costs, particularly around the time of childbirth, data on associations between housing costs and maternal health and the role of publicly supported affordable housing programs in mitigating those associations are lacking.

Objective

To estimate associations between area-level rental housing costs and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and assess the potential mitigating role of publicly supported affordable housing.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study linked New Jersey birth files from January 1, 2008, to D

SUBMITTER: Muchomba FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9682423 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature