Abstract
Adequate and affordable housing is a major social determinant of health; yet no work has attempted to conceptually map and spatially test area-level measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing outcomes. Sourcing data from 7,753 adults from Melbourne, Australia, we tested associations between area-level measures of housing density, tenure, and affordability with individual-level measures of neighbourhood safety, community satisfaction, and self-rated health. Compared with the reference groups, the odds of: feeling unsafe was higher for residents living in areas with less affordable housing; community dissatisfaction was ~30% higher in those living in areas with >36% residential properties assigned as rentals, and was significantly higher in the least affordable areas (OR =1.57). Compared with the reference groups, as dwelling density, proportion of rental properties, and housing unaffordability increased, the odds of reporting poorer self-rated health increased; however these associations did not always reach statistical significance. This work highlights the benefits of evidenced-based planning spatial measures to support health and wellbeing.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 17-24 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Health and Place |
| Volume | 43 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
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Examining associations between area-level spatial measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing behaviours and outcomes in an urban context. / Badland, Hannah; Foster, Sarah; Bentley, Rebecca; Higgs, Carl; Roberts, Rebecca; Pettit, Christopher; Giles-Corti, Billie.
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T1 - Examining associations between area-level spatial measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing behaviours and outcomes in an urban context
AU - Badland, Hannah
AU - Foster, Sarah
AU - Bentley, Rebecca
AU - Higgs, Carl
AU - Roberts, Rebecca
AU - Pettit, Christopher
AU - Giles-Corti, Billie
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Adequate and affordable housing is a major social determinant of health; yet no work has attempted to conceptually map and spatially test area-level measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing outcomes. Sourcing data from 7,753 adults from Melbourne, Australia, we tested associations between area-level measures of housing density, tenure, and affordability with individual-level measures of neighbourhood safety, community satisfaction, and self-rated health. Compared with the reference groups, the odds of: feeling unsafe was higher for residents living in areas with less affordable housing; community dissatisfaction was ~30% higher in those living in areas with >36% residential properties assigned as rentals, and was significantly higher in the least affordable areas (OR =1.57). Compared with the reference groups, as dwelling density, proportion of rental properties, and housing unaffordability increased, the odds of reporting poorer self-rated health increased; however these associations did not always reach statistical significance. This work highlights the benefits of evidenced-based planning spatial measures to support health and wellbeing.
AB - Adequate and affordable housing is a major social determinant of health; yet no work has attempted to conceptually map and spatially test area-level measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing outcomes. Sourcing data from 7,753 adults from Melbourne, Australia, we tested associations between area-level measures of housing density, tenure, and affordability with individual-level measures of neighbourhood safety, community satisfaction, and self-rated health. Compared with the reference groups, the odds of: feeling unsafe was higher for residents living in areas with less affordable housing; community dissatisfaction was ~30% higher in those living in areas with >36% residential properties assigned as rentals, and was significantly higher in the least affordable areas (OR =1.57). Compared with the reference groups, as dwelling density, proportion of rental properties, and housing unaffordability increased, the odds of reporting poorer self-rated health increased; however these associations did not always reach statistical significance. This work highlights the benefits of evidenced-based planning spatial measures to support health and wellbeing.
KW - Australia
KW - Geographic information systems
KW - Liveability
KW - Policy
KW - Urban planning
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U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.003
M3 - Article
VL - 43
SP - 17
EP - 24
JO - Health & Place
JF - Health & Place
SN - 1353-8292
ER -