The COVID-19 pandemic spurred an economic downturn that may have eroded population mental health, especially for renters and homeowners who experienced financial hardship and were at risk of housing loss. Using household-level data from the Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey (n = 805,223; August 2020-August 2021) and state-level data on eviction/foreclosure bans, we estimated linear probability models with two-way fixed effects to (1) examine links between COVID-related financial hardship and anxiety/depression and (2) assess whether state eviction/foreclosure bans buffered the detrimental mental health impacts of financial hardship. Findings show that individuals who reported difficulty paying for household expenses and keeping up with rent or mortgage had increased anxiety and depression risks but that state eviction/foreclosure bans weakened these associations. Our findings underscore the importance of state policies in protecting mental health and suggest that heterogeneity in state responses may have contributed to mental health inequities during the pandemic.

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美国 COVID-19 大流行期间国家驱逐和取消抵押品赎回权政策对心理健康的缓冲作用。

COVID-19 大流行引发了经济衰退，可能损害了人们的心理健康，特别是对于经历过经济困难并面临失去住房风险的租房者和房主而言。使用人口普查局家庭脉搏调查的家庭级数据（n = 805,223；2020 年 8 月至 2021 年 8 月）和关于驱逐/止赎禁令的州级数据，我们估计了具有双向固定效应的线性概率模型，以 (1) 检查与新冠病毒相关的经济困难与焦虑/抑郁之间的联系；(2) 评估州驱逐/取消抵押品赎回权禁令是否缓冲了经济困难对心理健康的有害影响。调查结果显示，那些报告难以支付家庭开支和支付租金或抵押贷款的人焦虑和抑郁的风险增加，但国家驱逐/取消抵押品赎回权的禁令削弱了这些关联。我们的研究结果强调了国家政策在保护心理健康方面的重要性，并表明国家应对措施的异质性可能导致了大流行期间的心理健康不平等。