Citation

Lee TH, Park EC, Kim W, Kim J, Shin J, Kim TH. Int. J. Soc. Psychiatry 2016; 62(6): 569-577.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0020764016653773

PMID

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Abstract

BACKGROUND:There are no studies researching the relationship between house-poor persons and mental health. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between house-poor status and depressive symptoms.

AIM:To examine the relationship between the house-poor and depressive symptoms according to household income.

METHODS:Data from the Korean Welfare Panel Study were used. House-poor were defined as people having possession with over 10% house-related interest in disposable income. About 7,565 participants over the age of 19?years were followed up from 2011 to 2013. The generalized estimating equations were used for analysis.

RESULTS:Individuals with more house-related debt showed increasingly higher depression scores (possession with under 5% related debt to disposable income ??=?0.2024, p?=?.1544; under 10% ??=?0.7030, p?=?.0008; over 10% ??=?1.3207, p?

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