Assessing the Link Between Homeownership and Health in Canada: Evidence From the 2021 Canadian Housing Survey
Min Zhou · 2026
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Min Zhou examines whether owning a home goes with better health in Canada, and through what routes. Published in 2026, the study builds a model with three candidate mechanisms, drawn from the 2021 Canadian Housing Survey. The mechanisms are satisfaction with housing, with the community, and with life, standing for the material, social, and symbolic value of ownership.
Owners did report better health, and high housing costs did not erase the link. The link was not direct: it ran through the three satisfactions, each carrying part of the effect. Zhou reads the pattern as a route by which housing inequality turns into health disparity. Policy, the study implies, should mind all three channels.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Min Zhou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |