Housing stress and mental health of migrant populations in urban China

摘要: Abstract Social epidemiological studies have long understood housing as a social determinant of mental health. However, most focused on the formal sector and conceptualisation is limited to per se. This study aims bridge gap by investigating health impact disadvantages concerning migrant population in China, who are largely excluded from sector. Drawing recent writings stress intermediary agent between modern city life illness, examines relationship neighbourhood conditions, perceived status. Using large-scale survey conducted twelve Chinese cities 2009, this research found that informal tenants highest level worst status compared dormitory residents. Poor conditions significantly associated with but not health, while environment predicts both The paper concludes calling for more ethnographic migrants' resilience stress-coping strategies attention urban planning policy address vulnerability adversity settlements.