Department of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, USA.
Department of Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Indoor Air. 2022 Sep;32(9):e13108. doi: 10.1111/ina.13108.
This research aims to explore whether there is a health disparity between homeowners and renters affected by the indoor air quality of their dwellings. By proxying the presence of mold and smoke as conjoint facilitators of poor indoor air quality, we design a mediation model that previously has not been explored empirically. The structural path model in this study shows that there is indeed a disparity in health between homeowners and renters by demography, socioeconomic status, and dwelling condition. Our study argues that renters whose living conditions are generally worse off than homeowners are also unequal in their health status due to exacerbating effects from poor indoor air quality, which is endogenous to the state of the renter. The originality of this study is that it is the first study that empirically tests the mediation effect of poor indoor air quality of homeowners and renters using a structural equation path model.
本研究旨在探讨受住房室内空气质量影响的房主和租房者之间是否存在健康差距。通过将霉菌和烟雾的存在作为共同促成室内空气质量差的因素，我们设计了一个以前没有经验验证的中介模型。本研究中的结构路径模型表明，房主和租房者在人口统计学、社会经济地位和居住条件方面确实存在健康差距。我们的研究认为，由于租房者的居住条件普遍比房主差，再加上室内空气质量差的加剧影响，租房者的健康状况也不平等，而这种影响是内生的。这项研究的新颖之处在于，它首次使用结构方程路径模型实证检验了房主和租房者室内空气质量差的中介效应。
