Homeownership status and risk of food insecurity: examining the role of housing debt, housing expenditure and housing asset using a cross-sectional population-based survey of Canadian households

Abstract Background Household food insecurity is a potent marker of material deprivation with adverse health consequences. Studies have repeatedly found a strong, independent relationship between owning a home and lower vulnerability to food insecurity in Canada and elsewhere, but the reasons for th...

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Main Authors: Andrée-Anne Fafard St-Germain, Valerie Tarasuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1114-z