论文标题
自制布鲁斯：中国北京的住宅拥挤和心理健康
Home-made blues: Residential crowding and mental health in Beijing, China
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论文摘要
尽管住宅拥挤具有许多福祉，但其与心理健康的联系尚未得到广泛的研究。使用来自中国北京的1613名居民的调查数据，我们发现生活在一个拥挤的地方 - 每人平方米和每卧室的平方米衡量 - 与较高的抑郁症风险显着相关。我们测试了这种关联的机制，发现住宅拥挤抑郁症的联系是通过增加生活空间特异性压力而不是增加生命压力而产生的。我们还确定了以下具有相对较强的住宅拥挤抑郁症协会的亚组：女性，与儿童同住的人，不与父母同住的人以及居住在非市场住房中的人。我们的发现表明，城市居民的生活空间不平等不仅是一个重要的社会正义问题，而且具有健康影响。
Although residential crowding has many well-being implications, its connection to mental health is yet to be widely examined. Using survey data from 1613 residents in Beijing, China, we find that living in a crowded place - measured by both square metres per person and persons per bedroom - is significantly associated with a higher risk of depression. We test for the mechanisms of such associations and find that the residential crowding-depression link arises through increased living space-specific stress rather than increased life stress. We also identify the following subgroups that have relatively stronger residential crowding-depression associations: females, those living with children, those not living with parents, and those living in non-market housing units. Our findings show that inequality in living space among urban residents not only is an important social justice issue but also has health implications.
