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Housing and health in Germany

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Pollack, C E, von dem Knesebeck, O, Siegrist, J·2004·Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
DOI 10.1136/jech.2003.012781PMC PMC1732701
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Study objectives: To examine the association between housing tenure and self rated health, controlling for socioeconomic measures and testing the mediating effects of physical features of the home, pollution in the local environment, and relationships with neighbours. Design: Cross sectional panel study with people nested within households. Analyses were performed using multilevel methods. Setting: Population based sample in Germany. Participants: People aged 16 or older were interviewed in the 1999 wave of the socio-economic panel study (n = 14 055) and nested within households (n = 7381). Main results: 44.0% of the population lived in homes that they owned. In bivariate analyses, women, people who live in apartment buildings, reside near cities, live in crowded homes, have homes in need of renovation, report higher pollution, and have distant contact with neighbours are more likely to live in rented homes. In multilevel analyses, renting a home was found to be associated with poor self rated health (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.31 to 1.68). This relation persisted after controlling for education and income and was partially mediated by the need for household renovation, the perception of air and noise pollution in the local area, and distant relationship with neighbours, all of which were significantly associated with self rated health. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that home ownership is significantly associated with self rated health in Germany, and this relation may be, in part, mediated by physical and social features of home and neighbourhood.

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  • Even in Germany, where rental rights are protected, renters still have poorer self-rated health due in part to factors such as neighborhood air and noise pollution.

    “Even in Germany, where rental rights are protected, renters still have poorer self-rated health due in part to factors such as neighborhood air and noise pollution (131).”

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Authors
Pollack, C. E., von dem Knesebeck, O., & Siegrist, J.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2004-02-13
Volume
58
Issue
3
Pages
216-222
ISSN
  • 0141-7681 (ISSN-L)
  • 0143-005X
  • 1470-2738
DOI
10.1136/jech.2003.012781
PMC
PMC1732701
OpenAlex
W2030598165
Cited by
72
References
52
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FWCI
4.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Housing Market and Economics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Keywords
housing tenure, self-rated health, homeownership, renting, neighborly relations, air pollution, noise pollution, crowding, apartment buildings, socioeconomic status, mediation, Germany
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, Environmental Pollution, Female, Germany, Health Status, Health Surveys, Housing, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Residence Characteristics, Socioeconomic Factors

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