Examining neighborhood effects on mental health utilizing a novel two-stage modeling approach

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PURPOSE: Neighborhood conditions may affect health, but health may also determine a preference for where to live. This study estimates the effect of neighborhood characteristics on mental health while aiming to adjust for this residential self-selection.

METHODS: A two-step method was implemented using register data from Statistics Netherlands from all residents of the city of Rotterdam relocating within the city in 2013 (N = 12,456). First, using a conditional logit model, we estimated for each individual the probability of relocating to a neighborhood over all other neighborhoods in Rotterdam, based on personal and neighborhood characteristics in 2013. Second, we corrected this selection process in a model investigating the effects of neighborhood characteristics in 2014 on reimbursed anti-depressant or anti-psychotic medication in 2016.

RESULTS: Personal and neighborhood characteristics predicted neighborhood choice, indicating strong patterns of selection into neighborhoods. Unadjusted for selection log neighborhood income was associated with reimbursed medication (β = -0.040, 95% CI = -0.060, -0.020), but the association strongly attenuated after controlling for self-selection into neighborhoods (β = -0.010, 95% CI = -0.030, 0.011). The opposite was observed for contact with neighbors; unadjusted for self-selection there was no association (β = -0.020, 95% CI = -0.073, 0.033), but after adjustment increased neighborhood contact was associated with an 8.5% relative reduction in reimbursed medication (β = -0.075, 95% CI = -0.126, -0.025).

CONCLUSIONS: The method illustrated in this study offers new opportunities to disentangle selection from causation in neighborhood health research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:83

Enthalten in:

Annals of epidemiology - 83(2023) vom: 03. Juli, Seite 60-70.e7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Boderie, Nienke W [VerfasserIn]
van Kippersluis, Hans [VerfasserIn]
Been, Jasper V [VerfasserIn]
van Lenthe, Frank J [VerfasserIn]
Oude Groeniger, Joost [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Mental health
Neighborhood effects
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Selection

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Date Completed 12.06.2023

Date Revised 19.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.04.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356037266