School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 21;18(3):916. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18030916.
Housing is one of the social determinants of health and the most basic survival needs of human beings. Many studies have preliminarily confirmed that housing factors can influence residents' health. The aims of this study were: to evaluate the housing factors associated with self-rated health and mental health among Chinese residents; to explore the regional heterogeneity of the impact of housing on health; and to assess the effects of housing on health among different age groups. Data was derived from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). Housing factors were analyzed along six dimensions: housing property, living space, number of living people, number of houses, living region and housing price. Self-rated health and mental health were used to measure health outcomes. Multivariate ordered logistic regression was performed to assess the relationship between housing and health. The living space, living region and housing price was significantly associated with self-rated health. The number of living people living region and housing price were related to mental health. The influence of housing factors on health were more pronounced among residents living in eastern and central area and among the middle-aged group (41-65). Present findings support the notion that housing factors were related to health outcomes. Future studies may focus on the impact of interventions that target on these factors, and the impact of housing on health among special groups such as migrant population and low-and-middle income families.
住房是健康的社会决定因素之一，也是人类最基本的生存需求。许多研究初步证实，住房因素会影响居民的健康。本研究的目的是：评估与中国居民自评健康和心理健康相关的住房因素；探讨住房对健康影响的区域异质性；评估住房对不同年龄组健康的影响。数据来自中国综合社会调查（CGSS）。从六个方面分析住房因素：住房产权、居住空间、居住人数、住房数量、居住区域和住房价格。使用自评健康和心理健康来衡量健康结果。采用多元有序逻辑回归评估住房与健康之间的关系。居住空间、居住区域和住房价格与自评健康显著相关。居住人数、居住区域和住房价格与心理健康有关。住房因素对健康的影响在东部和中部地区以及中年人群（41-65 岁）中更为明显。现有研究结果支持住房因素与健康结果相关的观点。未来的研究可能集中在针对这些因素的干预措施的影响上，以及住房对流动人口和中低收入家庭等特殊群体健康的影响上。
