The Effect of Discrimination on Stress among Public Housing Residents: A Comparative Study between Social-Mix and Independent Public Housing Complexes

Hee-Jung Jun; Soojeong Han

doi:10.3390/ijerph17186788

The Effect of Discrimination on Stress among Public Housing Residents: A Comparative Study between Social-Mix and Independent Public Housing Complexes

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 17;17(18):6788. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186788.

Authors

Hee-Jung Jun¹, Soojeong Han²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Administration, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 03063, Korea.
² Housing and Land Research Division, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, Sejong 30147, Korea.

Abstract

This study aims to examine the differential effect of discrimination on stress between social-mix and independent public housing complexes. We analyzed the 2017 Seoul Public Housing Residents Panel Study data that were collected from public housing residents living in Seoul, Korea by running ordinal logit analyses. The empirical analysis shows that discrimination has a lower effect on stress in social-mix housing complexes than in independent public housing complexes. In addition, the moderating effect of community-based activities on the relationship between discrimination and stress was found in the independent public housing complex model.

Keywords: activity; discrimination; mental health; public housing; social exclusion; social mix.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Housing
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prejudice*
Public Housing*
Residence Characteristics*
Seoul
Stress, Psychological*