Summary of associations between housing tenure, confidence in ability to pay rent/mortgage and health outcomes
| SRH | Mental distress | |||
| Adjusted* coefficient (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted* coefficient (95% CI) | P value | |
| (Intercept) | 4.754 (4.696 to 4.813) | <0.001 | 2.784 (2.585 to 2.983) | <0.001 |
| Tenure | ||||
| Owned w/ loan | Reference | Reference | ||
| Rented | −0.062 (−0.081 to −0.042) | <0.001 | 0.387 (0.319 to 0.454) | <0.001 |
| Rent/mortgage confidence (R/MC) | ||||
| High R/MC | Reference | Reference | ||
| Moderate R/MC | −0.435 (−0.456 to −0.414) | <0.001 | 2.051 (1.974 to 2.129) | <0.001 |
| Low R/MC | −0.575 (−0.606 to −0.545) | <0.001 | 3.090 (2.989 to 3.190) | <0.001 |
| Will defer | −0.193 (−0.256 to −0.130) | <0.001 | 1.617 (1.415 to 1.818) | <0.001 |
| Interaction effects | ||||
| Rented×moderate R/MC | 0.034 (0.0004 to 0.067) | 0.048 | −0.296 (−0.419 to −0.173) | <0.001 |
| Rented×low R/MC | 0.058 (0.016 to 0.101) | 0.007 | −0.438 (−0.581 to −0.294) | <0.001 |
| Rented×will defer | −0.073 (−0.187 to 0.041) | 0.210 | −0.572 (−1.052 to −0.091) | 0.020 |
| Observations | 704 195 | 704 195 | ||
*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.