Summary of associations between housing tenure, job loss and health outcomes
| SRH | Mental distress | |||
| Adjusted* coefficient (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted* coefficient (95% CI) | P value | |
| (Intercept) | 4.712 (4.655 to 4.769) | <0.001 | 2.853 (2.656 to 3.051) | <0.001 |
| Tenure | ||||
| Owned, no loan | Reference | Reference | ||
| Owned w/ loan | −0.121 (−0.137 to −0.107) | <0.001 | 0.326 (0.261 to 0.391) | <0.001 |
| Rented | −0.167 (−0.187 to −0.147) | <0.001 | 0.554 (0.467 to 0.641) | <0.001 |
| Job loss | ||||
| No | Reference | Reference | ||
| Yes | −0.122 (−0.135 to −0.109) | <0.001 | 1.149 (1.055 to 1.243) | <0.001 |
| Interaction effects | ||||
| Owned w/ loan×job loss | – | – | 0.146 (0.037 to 0.254) | 0.009 |
| Rented×job loss | – | – | 0.157 (0.031 to 0.283) | 0.015 |
| Observations | 920 830 | 920 830 | ||
*Adjusted models control for the effects of the week of the pandemic, number of people living in the household, household income, age, gender, race, marital status, educational attainment and health insurance status.
SRH, self-rated health.