Effects of Housing Deprivation on Health: Empirical Evidence from Spain
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Materia
Housing deprivation Health Multilevel
Date
2023-01-29Referencia bibliográfica
Carmona-Derqui, D.; Torres-Tellez, J.; Montero-Soler, A. Effects of Housing Deprivation on Health: Empirical Evidence from Spain. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 2405. [https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032405]
Résumé
Severe housing deprivation rates in Spain have tripled in just four years, affecting 3.4% of
the population in 2020, with a higher incidence among the low-income population (9.2%). Despite
the social aspect of the problem, minimal research has been carried out in Spain on the effects that
the various forms of housing deprivation have on health. This study analyzes the impact of housing
deprivation on health outcomes, with the objective of achieving results that facilitate the creation
of improved public policies. Microdata are used from the Living Conditions Survey carried out by
the National Institute of Statistics for the period 2009–2019, and several multilevel logistic regression
models are presented to control for possible regional differences. The results show that the elements
with the greatest effect on objective health are noise, leaks and harmful temperatures in housing. In
addition, environmental factors, such as pollution, neighborhood crime and the number of units in a
given apartment building, can be added to the list. As a result, we conclude that there are certain
structural and environmental elements in housing and the environment in which is located that
have a more intense impact on objective health and on the subjective perception of a person’s state
of health.