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On 13th of April, 02:00-02:45 PM (UTC+2), Joan Damiens will be presenting at PopHel Talks with title:
Housing pathways and mental health across the life course: evidence from Finnish registers
Housing is at the core of adult life: it shapes security, stress, family formation, and mental health. In this talk, I gather published and ongoing research using Finnish population registers to examine how housing pathways matter for mental health across adulthood. First, I show that both parental and own housing tenure are associated with later mental healthcare use, pointing to the importance of intergenerational housing histories. Second, I examine mortgage affordability and show how housing-related financial strain relates to mental healthcare use. Third, I present ongoing work on joint housing and family trajectories, asking how sequences of partnership, parenthood, and housing careers combine to influence mental health over the life course. Together, these studies argue for a dynamic view of housing: not simply as tenure or debt at one point in time, but as a life course process that shapes mental health inequalities.
Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health presents PopHel Talks, where we showcase our latest research. Our work explores various topics in demography and population health, with an emphasis on social inequalities. If you are interested in hearing our presentations, please
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