TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Depressive symptoms of house-poor persons: Korean panel data evidence JO - International journal of social psychiatry A1 - Lee, Tae-Hoon A1 - Park, Eun-Cheol A1 - Kim, Woorim A1 - Kim, Juyeong A1 - Shin, Jaeyong A1 - Kim, Tae Hyun SP - 569 EP - 577 VL - 62 IS - 6 N2 - BACKGROUND:There are no studies researching the relationship between house-poor persons and mental health. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between house-poor status and depressive symptoms.

AIM:To examine the relationship between the house-poor and depressive symptoms according to household income.

METHODS:Data from the Korean Welfare Panel Study were used. House-poor were defined as people having possession with over 10% house-related interest in disposable income. About 7,565 participants over the age of 19?years were followed up from 2011 to 2013. The generalized estimating equations were used for analysis.

RESULTS:Individuals with more house-related debt showed increasingly higher depression scores (possession with under 5% related debt to disposable income ??=?0.2024, p?=?.1544; under 10% ??=?0.7030, p?=?.0008; over 10% ??=?1.3207, p?

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LA - en SN - 0020-7640 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764016653773 ID - ref1 ER -