ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2026
Associations Between Housing Stability and Food Insecurity Among U.S. Low-Wage Workers.
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- Food Environments and Food Security Among Mothers and Children in Northeast Brazil: The Role of Social and Housing Conditions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Trajectories of food insecurity for low wage workers from 2018 to 2022.Discover public health · 2026Article
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introductionHousing instability and food insecurity are two social determinants of health with considerable overlap and complex dynamics among populations experiencing economic instability. This study sought to examine the magnitude and direction of the temporal associations between housing instability and food insecurity among low-wage workers in 2 U.S. cities.
methodsThis study was a secondary analysis conducted in 2024 using 5 years of data (2018-2022) collected from a cohort of low-wage workers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Annual measures included a 6-item food insecurity measure, a 3-item housing instability measure, and demographic characteristics. Four dynamic panel models tested the effect of housing instability on food insecurity in the subsequent year and the effect of food insecurity on housing instability in the subsequent year.
resultsAt baseline, most participants experienced food insecurity (74.9%) and housing instability (70.8%), both of which declined in each subsequent year before increasing in 2022. Participants who experienced housing instability or food insecurity were more likely to experience the same hardship in the subsequent year. Overall, housing instability was negatively associated with subsequent food insecurity (b= -0.082, 95% CI= -0.136, -0.028). Similarly, food insecurity had a negative association with subsequent housing instability (b= -0.125, 95% CI= -0.189, -0.060).
conclusionsHousing instability and food insecurity have a complex and dynamic relationship. Expansion of federal nutrition assistance programs coordinated with other safety-net programs, such as eviction prevention or rental assistance, as was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, could provide critical protection from these hardships.
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