Journal of Housing and the Built Environment· 2026Q1
Supportive communities: how health and welfare contexts shape neighbor relationships across 29 countries with unequal public healthcare resources
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Short summary
Poor health drives emotional neighborly ties more strongly in countries with robust public healthcare, while financial hardship or weak healthcare systems link poor health to instrumental neighborly ties.
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Key points
- Poor health is associated with increased emotional neighbor relationships, especially in countries with well-resourced public healthcare.
- Poor health is linked to instrumental neighbor relationships when individuals face financial difficulties or live in countries with limited public healthcare.
- The association between health status and neighborly relationships varies based on the availability of public healthcare resources and financial stability.
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Abstract
Abstract This study investigates how personal health status and multiple forms of disadvantages are associated with instrumental and emotional relationships with neighbors across 29 countries. Using data from the International Social Survey Program and the Global Health Observatory, the analysis shows that individuals in poor health are more likely to report emotional neighbor relationships, and the association is stronger in countries with more adequately resourced public healthcare systems. In contrast, poor health is more strongly associated with instrumental neighbor relationships among individuals facing high financial difficulties or living in countries with limited public healthcare resources, compared to the most advantaged individuals with low financial difficulties and living in well-resourced public healthcare systems. These findings emphasize the importance of neighbor relationships and social welfare support for disadvantaged populations.
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Field: Health
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