TABLE 3—
Probabilities of Fair or Poor Health and Serious Psychological Distress by Housing Assistance Timing and Program Category: Linked NHIS–HUD Data, United States, 1999–2012
| Timing | Public Housing, % (95% CI) | Housing Choice Vouchers, % (95% CI) | Multifamily Housing, % (95% CI) |
| Fair or poor health | |||
| Currenta | 34.8 (32.6, 37.0) | 35.8 (34.1, 37.5) | 31.2 (29.5, 33.0) |
| Futureb | 39.6 (36.2, 42.9) | 34.8 (32.3, 37.3) | 36.0 (32.9, 39.0) |
| Difference | 4.8 (0.8, 8.9) | –1.0 (–4.0, 1.9) | 4.8 (1.1, 8.5) |
| Serious psychological distress | |||
| Current | 9.3 (7.7, 10.9) | 12.7 (11.2, 14.0) | 11.4 (9.8, 13.0) |
| Future | 14.7 (11.6, 17.6) | 12.1 (10.2, 14.0) | 11.4 (8.7, 14.0) |
| Difference | 5.4 (1.8, 9.1) | –0.6 (–2.9, 1.8) | 0.0 (–3.1, 3.2) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; HUD = US Department of Housing and Urban Development; NHIS = National Health Interview Survey. Predicted probabilities are average marginal probabilities, estimated as the average across all covariate levels. Although presented differences may differ slightly from those estimated at the average of all the covariates, the substantive interpretation is unchanged.
a
Receiving housing assistance at interview.
b
To receive housing assistance within 2 years of interview.