Exploring evidence for a prospective relationship between common mental disorder and meeting residential mobility preferences

Woodhead, Charlotte; Aschan, Lisa; Lynskey, Michael T.; Polling, Catherine; Goodwin, Laura; Hatch, Stephani L.

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.12.013

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“…Our study's discrepancy with the research on European housing estates (Musterd and Van Kempen 2007) can plausibly be attributed to marked differences in the studies' conceptual and operational choices. Our result on the association between involuntary staying and self-rated health is in line with prior studies (Stokols et al 1983;Strohschein 2012;Woodhead et al 2015); furthermore, we have been able to extend these studies by observing that both types of involuntary staying are related to low self-rated health scores (H1). Importantly, our study contributes to the literature on segregation and health inequalities among neighbourhoods by demonstrating that involuntary staying in the neighbourhood may be a pathway through which neighbourhood disadvantage is associated with health (H3).…”

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confidence: 91%

Involuntary staying and self-rated health: A multilevel study on housing, health and neighbourhood effects

Kemppainen¹,

Elovainio

Kortteinen³

et al. 2019

Urban Studies

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Involuntary staying, or a desire to move without the possibility to do so, is an under-studied topic. In this study, we examine involuntary staying among the residents of post-Second World War Finnish housing estates; we study its frequency, association with self-rated health and role in the relationship between neighbourhood disadvantage and self-rated health. Involuntary staying and poor health are expected to be associated through long-term stress related to housing and health-based selection in inconvenient housing outcomes. Furthermore, we address the self-perceived reasons for involuntary staying and the interaction between involuntary staying and household income. Two types of involuntary staying are distinguished, depending on whether a resident wants to move within or away from the current neighbourhood. The survey data ( n = 7369) from a stratified cluster sample of the residents of 70 Finnish housing estate neighbourhoods are combined with the corresponding geo-referenced register data on these neighbourhoods’ sociodemographic characteristics. Of the residents, 35% are found to be involuntary stayers, and over half of the involuntary stayers want to move away from their current neighbourhoods. Financial concern is the most common self-perceived reason for involuntary staying. Both types of involuntary staying are associated with low self-rated health after adjusting for potential confounders. Being trapped in the current neighbourhood partially mediates the adjusted association between neighbourhood disadvantage and self-rated health. The association between self-rated health and involuntary staying is not modified by household income. In conclusion, involuntary staying is common in the study population and furthers the understanding about neighbourhood inequalities in health.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Involuntary staying and self-rated health: A multilevel study on housing, health and neighbourhood effects

Kemppainen¹,

Elovainio

Kortteinen³

et al. 2019

Urban Studies

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“…The 12-item GHQ has been shown to be a strong predictor of common mental disorders in a range of contexts, and is robust to gender, age and educational differences in reporting of symptoms (Goldberg et al, 1997). In line with past research, individuals with poor mental health (as measured by high GHQ scores) are expected to be more likely to move than those with good mental health (Larson et al, 2004), and this association will differ in strength between those who prefer to move, and those who prefer to stay (Woodhead et al, 2015).…”

Section: Mental Healthsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…For agencies involved in supporting groups with mental health needs, enabling housing security should become a priority, given the evidence that this group are at risk of making undesired moves. Considering that performing undesired moves tends to lead to deteriorations in mental health (Woodhead et al, 2015), enabling this population to remain where they desire to stay has implications for human rights and burden on health services. For health service provision, the population with mental health needs are found to be particularly likely to move to areas where migration is relatively uncommon, and this movement may lead to growing demand for mental health services in these areas.…”

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“…Migration preference is measured by the question 'if you could choose, would you stay here in your present home or would you prefer to move somewhere else', and the possible responses include 'stay here', 'prefer to move' and 'don't know'. Past research using this question does not distinguish between those who respond with 'don't know' and 'stay here' (Coulter and Scott, 2014;Woodhead et al, 2015). The 'don't know' preference category is separated in this analysis to control for ambiguity in preference, as there are complex processes involved in shaping migration preferences which have implications for later mobility (Lu, 1998).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Mental health needs are associated with a desire to migrate regardless of whether an individual has recently moved, but not with undesired migration. In addition, undesired staying and undesired migration are associated with worsening mental health over time, after controlling for baseline mental health (Woodhead et al, 2015). Mental health status may act as a barrier to realising migration preferences, as mental health problems are associated with relatively low levels of psychosocial resources, educational attainment, employment and financial capital (Fryers et al, 2003;Weich and Lewis, 1998), all factors that are drawn upon in the search for alternative residences (Lee, 1966).…”

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Place and preference effects on the association between mental health and internal migration within Great Britain

2018

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A B S T R A C TIndividuals with mental health needs are more likely to migrate than the general population, but the effects of migration preference and place of residence are often overlooked. These issues are addressed through the application of a novel origin and destination multilevel model to survey data. In comparison to those with good mental health, individuals with poor mental health are more likely to make undesired moves and this is moderated, but not explained by place of residence. Implications for understanding the mental health and migration relationship, and its impact on service provision are then proposed.

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Area disadvantage and mental health over the life course: a 69-year prospective birth cohort study

Bakolis

Murray

Hardy

et al. 2023

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Purpose Existing evidence on the mental health consequences of disadvantaged areas uses cross-sectional or longitudinal studies with short observation periods. The objective of this research was to investigate this association over a 69-year period. Methods Data were obtained from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD; the British 1946 birth cohort), which consisted of 2125 participants at 69 years. We assessed longitudinal associations between area disadvantage and mental health symptoms at adolescence and adulthood with use of multilevel modelling framework. Results After adjustment for father’s social class, for each one percentage increase in area disadvantage at age 4, there was a 0.02 (95% CI 0.001, 0.04) mean increase in the total score of the neuroticism scale at age 13–15. After adjustment for father’s social class, adult socio-economic position, cognitive ability and educational attainment, a one percentage increase in change score of area disadvantage between age 4 and 26 was associated with a mean increase in the total Psychiatric Symptom Frequency score (MD 0.06; 95% CI 0.007, 0.11). Similar associations were observed with change scores between ages 4, 53, 60 and total General Health Questionnaire-28 score at age 53 (MD 0.05; 95% CI 0.01, 0.11) and 60–64 (MD 0.06; 95% CI 0.009, 0.11). Conclusions Cohort members who experienced increasing area disadvantage from childhood were at increased risk of poor mental health over the life course. Population-wide interventions aiming at improving social and physical aspects of the early neighbourhood environment could reduce the socio-economic burden of poor mental health.

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Exploring evidence for a prospective relationship between common mental disorder and meeting residential mobility preferences

Cited by 13 publications

References 32 publications

Involuntary staying and self-rated health: A multilevel study on housing, health and neighbourhood effects

Involuntary staying and self-rated health: A multilevel study on housing, health and neighbourhood effects

Place and preference effects on the association between mental health and internal migration within Great Britain

Area disadvantage and mental health over the life course: a 69-year prospective birth cohort study

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