Figure 3. Results of Secondary Analyses, Stratifying Adjusted Associations Between Moratorium Strength and Mental Distress by Subgroups of State-Level Housing Cost Burden and Race and Ethnicity.

Adjusted absolute change in prevalence of moderate or severe mental distress, relative to no moratorium protection. Low cost burden is defined as a US state with fewer than 42.3% of renters dedicating more than 30% of their household income to rent; 42.3% is the median rate of renter cost burden among US states in the 2019 American Community Survey. Linear probability regression adjusted for state COVID-19 incidence and mortality, unemployment rate, stay-at-home orders, and school closures in the last 14 days, with individual and time fixed effects and clustered standard errors. Error bars indicate 95% CIs; light blue boxes, weak moratorium; and dark blue boxes, strong moratorium.