Short-term effects of moving from public housing in poor to middle-class neighborhoods on low-income, minority adults' outcomes

被引:109
作者
Fauth, RC
Leventhal, T
Brooks-Gunn, J
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Teachers Coll, Natl Ctr Children & Families, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Univ, Policy Studies Inst, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Populat & Family Hlth Sci, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
adult; residential mobility; public housing; neighborhood safety; mental health; employment;
D O I
10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.020
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
This study reports results from a quasi-experimental residential mobility study in Yonkers, NY, in which low-income minority families residing in public and private housing in high-poverty neighborhoods were randomly assigned via lottery to relocate to publicly funded attached rowhouses in seven middle-class neighborhoods. One hundred seventy-three Black and Latino families who moved and 142 demographically similar families who remained in the original high-poverty neighborhoods were interviewed approximately 2 years after movers relocated; no baseline data were available. Multiple regression analyses controlling for individual- and family-level background characteristics revealed that adults who moved to low-poverty neighborhoods were less likely to be exposed to violence and disorder, experience health problems, abuse alcohol, receive cash assistance, and were more likely to report satisfaction with neighborhood resources, experience higher housing quality, and be employed, when compared with adults who remained in high-poverty neighborhoods. Adults who moved to low-poverty neighborhoods were less likely than those who stayed in high-poverty neighborhoods to socialize informally with neighbors. No program effects were found on adults' symptoms of depression and anxiety. These early program effects inform housing policy initiatives for low-income families. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:2271 / 2284
页数:14
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