 Study author Kristen Pierce is at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. That children who experience any level of housing insecurity, they had worse health outcomes at age 15. And those with high levels of housing insecurity were more likely to report symptoms of anxiety and depression as teens. Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News. On Wall Street, stocks finished higher today after a new government report showed manufacturing weakened more than expected last month. This is NPR.