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- Project title:
- Linking housing crisis to deaths of despair: A focus on Canada's metropolitan area
- Principal investigator(s):
- Park, Gum-Ryeong
- Co-investigator(s):
- N/A
- Supervisors:
- Rosella, Laura C
- Institution paid:
- University of Toronto
- Research institution:
- University of Toronto
- Department:
- N/A
- Program:
- Fellowship - PA - Research & Knowledge Translation on Urban Housing and Health
- Competition (year/month):
- 202210
- Assigned peer review committee:
- Health Research Training A - Post-PhD (HTA)
- Primary institute:
- Population and Public Health
- Primary theme:
- Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
- Term (yrs/mths):
- 2 yrs 0 mth
- CIHR contribution:
- Contributors:
- IA
- Amount:
- $45,000
- Equipment:
- $0
- External funding partner(s):
- Partner Name:
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Amount:
- $45,000
- Equipment:
- $0
- External applicant partner(s):
- Partner Name:
- N/A
- Amount:
- N/A
- Equipment:
- N/A
- External in-kind partner(s):
- Partner Name:
- N/A
- Amount:
- N/A
- Equipment:
- N/A
- Keywords:
- Housing Crisis; Mortality Inequality
- Abstract/Summary:
- Despite a well-established link between housing and health at the individual level, geographic variations of housing crisis and its effects on mortality rate is understudied. Given that an increasing number of urban residents experience housing crisis, such topics lay the foundations for understanding about how and whether (a) housing crisis pose a threat to population health and (b) socioeconomic factors can accelerate, or attenuate mortality risks caused by housing crisis. This question relates to the research area of deaths of despair (e.g., suicide, drug overuse and alcoholism), since housing crisis can cause hopelessness and loneliness. Using large scale data, such as Canadian Census and Canadian Vital Statistics Database, the proposal aims to estimate the link between housing crisis and mortality rates in census tracts in metropolitan areas of Canada. An area will be defined as in housing crisis if the following three criteria are verified: (1) (In) adequate housing: the percentage of rented occupied requiring major repairs (2) (Un) affordable housing: the percentage of residents paying 30% or more of income on housing costs (3) (Un) suitable housing: the percentage of residents with a bedroom shortfall based on the number of bedrooms, the number of household members and household composition. The outcome variable is the area-level mortality rate, by gender, age and cause of death. This study will also estimate whether the relationships between housing crisis and mortality rate vary according to regional socioeconomic factors such as GINI coefficient and marginalization index. Analyses will use geographic information system techniques and conventional statistical tests of association. This will be the first research to link housing crisis with mortality in metropolitan areas of Canada. This also can strengthen the rationale for inclusive housing strategies that improve population health.
- Version:
- 20231215.2