Longitudinal Effects on Mental Health of Moving to Greener and Less Green Urban Areas

Despite growing evidence of public health benefits from urban green space there has been little longitudinal analysis. This study used panel data to explore three different hypotheses about how moving to greener or less green areas may affect mental health over time. The samples were participants in the British Household Panel Survey with mental health data (General Health Questionnaire scores) for five consecutive years, and who relocated to a different residential area between the second and third years (n = 1064; observations = 5320). Fixed-effects analyses controlled for time-invariant individual level heterogeneity and other area and individual level effects. Compared to premove mental health scores,…

• UO
  University of Exeter
• EA
  Economic and Social Research Council

  Award: ES/K002872/1
• ER
  European Regional Development Fund
• ES
  European Social Fund