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Poor People, Poor Places and Access to Health Care in the United States
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Kirby, James B. – Social Forces, 2008
Research suggests that community-level poverty is associated with access to health care net of individual-level characteristics, but no research investigates whether this association differs by individual-level income. Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Health Resource and Services Administration,…
Descriptors: Poverty, Income, Economically Disadvantaged, Access to Health Care
Neighborhood Poverty and the Social Isolation of Inner-City African American Families.
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Rankin, Bruce H.; Quane, James M. – Social Forces, 2000
It has been argued that social isolation is the mechanism linking neighborhood disadvantage to residents' reduced life chances. Analysis of Chicago data on inner-city African American families (each containing a mother and adolescent child) found that families in poorer neighborhoods belonged to social networks with fewer resources but,…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Family, Community Resources, Disadvantaged Environment
Why Does It Take a Village? The Mediation of Neighborhood Effects on Educational Achievement.
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Ainsworth, James W. – Social Forces, 2002
Analysis of data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988, linked to neighborhood-level 1990 census data, indicates that neighborhood characteristics not only predict educational outcomes but also rival the strength of commonly cited family- and school-related predictors. Collective socialization was the strongest of proposed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Disadvantaged Environment, Ghettos