Duration of Public Housing Tenancy: A Population-Based Investigation
Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
18 December 2019
Abstract
This study tested the association between tenancy status in public housing and demographic, geographic, socioeconomic, health status, and health service use characteristics using linked population-based administrative data from Manitoba, Canada. The data were analyzed using multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression. Age, residence location, receipt of income assistance, residential mobility, being diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder, and continuity of care were significantly associated with moving. Voluntary moves were only associated with socioeconomic characteristics, while eviction was also associated with health status and health service use characteristics. Public housing authorities can benefit from this profile of resident characteristics in order to identify who may need supports to have a successful tenancy.
Résumé
Cette étude a permis d’évaluer l’association entre le statut des locataires de logements sociaux et les caractéristiques démographiques, géographiques et socioéconomiques, l’état de santé et l’utilisation des services de soins de santé à l’aide de données administratives couplées sur la population du Manitoba (Canada). Les données ont été traitées à l’aide d’une analyse de régression à multiples variables des hasards proportionnels de Cox. L’âge, le lieu de résidence, l’obtention de prestations d’aide sociale, la mobilité résidentielle, la réception d’un diagnostic de trouble lié à l’abus d’alcool ou d’autres drogues et la continuité des soins ont été clairement identifiés comme des facteurs concourant au déménagement. Les déménagements volontaires ont été uniquement associés à des caractéristiques socioéconomiques, les cas d’éviction de logement ayant été également corrélés à l’état de santé des locataires et aux caractéristiques d’utilisation des services de soins de santé. Les autorités responsables des programmes de logements sociaux peuvent tirer avantage de ce portrait des caractéristiques des résidents qui a été dressé pour identifier les personnes susceptibles de nécessiter un soutien pour réussir leur expérience de location.
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Volume 38 • Number 3 • November 2019
Pages: 19 - 41
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Aynslie Hinds, Brian Bechtel, Jino Distasio, Leslie L. Roos, and Lisa M. Lix. 2019. Duration of Public Housing Tenancy: A Population-Based Investigation. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
38(3): 19-41. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2019-008
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