Does employment security modify the effect of housing affordability on mental health?

R Bentley; E Baker; A LaMontagne; T King; K Mason; A Kavanagh

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Does employment security modify the effect of housing affordability on mental health?

R Bentley, E Baker, A LaMontagne, T King, K Mason, A Kavanagh

Ssm Population Health | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.09.003

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Abstract

This paper uses longitudinal data to examine the interrelationship between two central social determinants of mental health – employment security and housing affordability. Data from ten annual waves of the longitudinal Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey (which commenced in 2000/1 and is ongoing) were analysed using fixed-effects longitudinal linear regression. Change in the SF-36 Mental Component Summary (MCS) score of working age individuals (25–64 years) (51,885 observations of 10,776 people), associated with changes in housing affordability was examined. Models were adjusted for income, age, survey year, experience of serious injury/illness and separation/d..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (Grant numbers: LP100200182, DP120102974), the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC Grant #375196). Bentley and Baker are funded by Australian Research Council Future Fellowships (FT150100131 and FT140100872 respectively).