cover image: Md Sabbir Ahmed | February 26, 2024

Md Sabbir Ahmed | February 26, 2024

2 Apr 2024

PowerPoint Presentation Md Sabbir Ahmed | February 26, 2024 Rental Housing Type and Self- reported General Health and Mental Health Status of Renters Living in Canada About the study • Housing is one of the key social determinants of health and wellbeing • By using Canadian Housing Survey 2018 data, our study identified the relationship between rental housing type and general and mental health sta. [...] Renters living in different types of housing Co-operative Not for profit Government Private 6.8% 3.1% 6.5% 83.6% 14.3% of renters live in subsidized rental housing General health and mental health status of renters Prevalence of poor general and mental health 19.5% status among renters based on landlord type 50.0 Poor general health 45.0 p<0.001 40.0 37.0 35.0 30.8 30.0 25.0 22.4 22.7 20.3 20.0 17. [...] • Tenants in not-for-profit housing were more likely to report poor health status, compared to those in private housing. [...] • Not-for-profit housing and government housing are associated with tenants more likely than those in private housing, to indicate that their overall health status is poor. [...] • Tenants in not-for-profit or private housing are more likely than those in government housing, to indicate that their mental health is poor.

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Sabbir Ahmed

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