@article{69d2bac168af48ce9f6f436eb9cb042c,
title = "The Impact of Housing Assistance on the Mental Health of Children in the United States",
abstract = "Housing assistance policies may lead to improved mental health for children and adolescents by improving housing quality, stability, and affordability. We use a unique data linkage of the National Health Interview Survey and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administrative data to examine the impact of housing assistance on parent-reported mental health outcomes for children ages 2 to 17 (N = 1,967). We account for selection into housing assistance using a pseudo-waitlist method that compares children receiving assistance to those who will enter housing assistance within two years of their interview. Compared to those in the pseudo-waitlist group, we find that children living in public housing have better mental health outcomes. We do not find similar benefits for children receiving vouchers. Our results suggest that housing assistance policies can have a positive impact on mental health among disadvantaged children.",
author = "Andrew Fenelon and Natalie Slopen and Michel Boudreaux and Newman, {Sandra J.}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was partially funded by a Seed Grant from the Maryland Population Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Research and Scholarship Award from the University of Maryland Graduate School. Funding Information: We are grateful to the Maryland Population Research Center for research support, and the University of Maryland Research Data Center and the National Center for Health Statistics for data infrastructure support. We thank Michael Rendall, Sangeetha Madhavan, Kelly Stamper Balistreri, and the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was partially funded by a Seed Grant from the Maryland Population Research Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Research and Scholarship Award from the University of Maryland Graduate School. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} American Sociological Association 2018.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0022146518792286",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "59",
pages = "447--463",
journal = "Journal of health and social behavior",
issn = "0022-1465",
publisher = "American Sociological Association",
number = "3",
}
