Bentley, R and Pevalin, DJ and Baker, E and Mason, K and Reeves, A and Beer, A (2016) Housing Affordability, Tenure and Mental Health in Australia and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Panel Analysis. Housing Studies, 31 (2). pp. 208-222. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2015.1070796
Bentley, R and Pevalin, DJ and Baker, E and Mason, K and Reeves, A and Beer, A (2016) Housing Affordability, Tenure and Mental Health in Australia and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Panel Analysis. Housing Studies, 31 (2). pp. 208-222. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2015.1070796
Bentley, R and Pevalin, DJ and Baker, E and Mason, K and Reeves, A and Beer, A (2016) Housing Affordability, Tenure and Mental Health in Australia and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Panel Analysis. Housing Studies, 31 (2). pp. 208-222. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2015.1070796
Abstract
The paper contributes insights into the role of tenure in modifying the relationship between housing affordability and health, using a cross-national comparison of similar post-industrial nations ? Australia and the United Kingdom ? with different tenure structures. The paper utilises longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA) and British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to examine change in the mental health of individuals associated with housing becoming unaffordable and considers modification by tenure. We present evidence that the role of tenure in the relationship between housing and health is context dependent and should not be unthinkingly generalised across nations. These findings suggest that the UK housing context offers a greater level of protection to tenants living in unaffordable housing when compared with Australia, and this finds expression in the mental health of the two populations. We conclude that Australian governments could improve the mental health of their economically vulnerable populations through more supportive housing policies.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Housing affordability; tenure; mental health; Australia; United Kingdom |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology and Criminology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 01 Jul 2015 14:16 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 18:19 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/13934 |
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