Joan Damiens
joandamiens.bsky.social
Joan Damiens
@joandamiens.bsky.social
📊 Demographer
Post-doc at @pophel (University of Helsinki)
Social inequalities in health and mortality; mental health, housing, intergenerational and longitudinal perspectives.
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The results highlight the role of past and present HO🏡 histories and intergenerational continuities as a central #mentalhealth determinant that is independent of other socioeconomic and demographic factors.

#socialsciences
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
👩‍👧‍👦During childhood, living with one or both parents is a strong confounder of the relationship.

🏘️Growing up with two parents as tenants also weakens the relationship between housing tenure and mental healthcare use during adulthood.
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
HO🏡 during youth and adulthood is associated with lower mental healthcare use, independently from #education, income, occupation status, and previous mental healthcare use.

During adulthood, HO🏡 duration does not really matter.
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
📊 Method: random-effect logit models
Population: Finnish ⛄ National Registers for residents born in 1972–1975, aged 35-41.

Mental healthcare use is measured via:
💊psychotropic medication purchases and
🏥 hospital visits and specialised care for mental health reasons.

#registerdata #Finland
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🔄 It is the case for present HO🏡 in the late 30ies, but also for parental HO🏡 during childhood.

#popsky #demography
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM