Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Department of Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Public Health Nutr. 2021 Sep;24(13):4339-4345. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021001002. Epub 2021 Mar 5.
Given the competing needs for food and housing under the limited household income among poor families, there is lack of research on the associations between housing affordability and food insecurity. The current study examines how housing cost burden affects food insecurity of low-income families and whether decreased housing cost enhances food security.
Longitudinal data from the Korean Welfare Panel Study, of which the final sample for the analysis consisted of 31 304 household-level observations from 5466 households based on twelve waves (2007-2018).
South Korea.
Low-income households in the lowest 40 % of household income distribution.
19·3 % had food insecurity, and housing cost burden was associated with food insecurity. While in-kind housing assistance and in-cash assistance from all sources were likely to reduce food insecurity partially through influencing housing cost burden, in-cash housing assistance was associated with higher likelihood of food insecurity.
Housing cost burden potentially limits food access among poor families, and housing assistance, particularly public housing and sufficient in-cash assistance, is conducive to alleviating food insecurity.
在贫困家庭有限的家庭收入中，既要满足食物需求，又要满足住房需求，因此针对住房负担能力与食物不安全感之间的关联，相关研究仍然匮乏。本研究旨在探讨住房费用负担如何影响低收入家庭的食物不安全感，以及住房费用减少是否会提高食物保障水平。
本研究使用了韩国福利面板研究的纵向数据，基于 12 个波次（2007-2018 年）的数据，对来自 5466 户家庭的 31304 户家庭水平观测值进行了分析，最终的分析样本为 5466 户家庭。
韩国。
收入最低的 40%的家庭。
19.3%的家庭存在食物不安全感，住房费用负担与食物不安全感相关。虽然实物住房援助和来自各种来源的现金援助可能会通过影响住房费用负担来部分减轻食物不安全感，但现金住房援助与更高的食物不安全感相关。
住房费用负担可能会限制贫困家庭获得食物的机会，而住房援助，特别是公共住房和充足的现金援助，有助于减轻食物不安全感。
