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Home-made blues: Residential crowding and mental health in Beijing, China

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  • Wang, Xize

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Liu, Tao

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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.

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  • Wang, Xize & Liu, Tao, 2022. "Home-made blues: Residential crowding and mental health in Beijing, China," SocArXiv cy8hz, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:cy8hz
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/cy8hz
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