title: Financial unhealthiness predicts worse health outcomes: evidence from a sample of working Canadians.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper investigates how financial health associates with self-rated health, for a sample of working Canadians. Financial health is defined as an indicator of the proportionality of household consumption to its income.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study draws on the Canadian General Social Survey of 2011, a cross-sectional data set.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multivariate regression analysis is employed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results show that financial unhealthiness is a statistically significant and strong predictor of worse physical and mental health outcomes, controlling for a wide array of characteristics, including income and job security implied by occupational category.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Policy implications are explored.
authors.affiliation: Saint Mary's University, Economics, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H3C3, Canada. Electronic address: maryam.dilmaghani@smu.ca.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dilmaghani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis
keywords: Canada; Household finance; Mental health; Physical health