Research Area: Group Disparities:
Contextual Effects

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

2009

Harding, David J. 2009. "Violence, older peers, and the socialization of adolescent boys in disadvantaged neighborhoods." American Sociological Review, 74(3): 445-464.

2008

Mehta, Neil, and V.W. Chang. 2008. "Weight status and restaurant availability: A multilevel analysis." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(2): 127-33.

2007

Singer, Eleanor, Toni Antonucci, M. Burmeister, Mick P. Couper, Trivellore Raghunathan, and J. Van Hoewyk. 2007. "Beliefs about genes and environment as determinants of behavioral characteristics." International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 19(3): 331-353.

2006

Wu, Xiaogang. 2006. "Communist Cadres and Market Opportunities: Entry into Self-employment in China, 1978-1996." Social Forces, 85(1): 389-411.

Geronimus, Arline T., Cynthia Colen, Tara P. Shochet, Lori Barer Ingber, and Sherman James. 2006. "Urban-Rural Differences in Excess Mortality among High-Poverty Populations: Evidence from the Harlem Household Survey and the Pitt County, North Carolina Study of African American Health." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 17(3): 532-558.

Sastry, Narayan, B. Ghosh-Dastidar, J. Adams, and A.R. Pebley. 2006. "The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study." Social Science Research, 35(4): 1000-1024.

2005

Sampson, R.J., Jeffrey Morenoff, and Stephen W. Raudenbush. 2005. "Social Anatomy of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Violence." American Journal of Public Health, 95(2): 224-232.

Galea, Sandro, J. Ahern, and A. Karpati. 2005. "A Model of Underlying Socioeconomic Vulnerability in Human Populations: Evidence from Variability in Population Health and Implications for Public Health." Social Science & Medicine, 60: 2417-2430.

Fuller, C.M., L. Borrel, C. Latkin, Sandro Galea, D. Ompad, S.A. Strathdee, and D. Vlahov. 2005. "The Effect of Race, Neighborhood, and Social Network on Age of Initiation of Injection Drug Use." American Journal of Public Health, 95: 689-695.

Miller, J.R., T.M. Piper, J. Ahern, M. Tracy, K.J. Tardiff, D. Vlahov, and Sandro Galea. 2005. "Income Inequality and Risk of Suicide in New York City Neighborhoods: a Multilevel Case-Control Study." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 35(4): 448-459.

2004

Barber, Jennifer S. 2004. "Community Social Context and Individualistic Attitudes toward Marriage." Social Psychology Quarterly, 67(3): 236-256.

2003

Barber, Jennifer S., Ann E. Biddlecom, and William Axinn. 2003. "Neighborhood Social Change and Perceptions of Environmental Degradation." Population and Environment, 25(2): 77-108.

Hillemeier, Marianne M., John W. Lynch, S. Harper, and M. Casper. 2003. "Measuring Contextual Characteristics for Community Health." Health Services Research, 38(6): 1645-1717.

Page, Marianne E., and Gary Solon. 2003. "Correlations between Brothers and Neighboring Boys in Their Adult Earnings: The Importance of Being Urban." Journal of Labor Economics, 21(4): 831-855.

Page, Marianne E., and Gary Solon. 2003. "Correlations between Sisters and Neighbouring Girls in Their Subsequent Income as Adults." Journal of Applied Econometrics, 18(5): 545-562.

Kunz, J., Marianne E. Page, and Gary Solon. 2003. "Are Point-in-Time Measures of Neighborhood Characteristics Useful Proxies for Children's Long-Run Neighborhood Environment?" Economics Letters, 79(2): 231-237.

Ford, Kathleen, W. Sohn, and James M. Lepkowski. 2003. "Ethnicity or Race, Area Characteristics, and Sexual Partner Choice Among American Adolescents." Journal of Sex Research, 40(2): 211-218.

Morenoff, Jeffrey. 2003. "Neighborhood mechanisms and the spatial dynamics of birth weight." American Journal of Sociology, 108(5): 976-1017.

Harding, David J. 2003. "Counterfactual Models of Neighborhood Effects: The Effect of Neighborhood Poverty on High School Dropout and Teenage Pregnancy." American Journal of Sociology, 109(3): 676-719.

Stuber, J., Sandro Galea, J. Ahern, S. Blaney, and C. Fuller. 2003. "The Association Between Multiple Domains of Disrimination and Self-Assessed Health: A Multilevel Analysis of Latinos and Blacks in Four Low-Income New York City Neighborhoods." Health Services Research, 38(6): 1735-1759.

Galea, Sandro, J. Ahern, D. Viahov, C. Fuller, A.C. Leon, and K. Tardiff. 2003. "Income Distribution and Risk of Fatal Drug Overdose in New York City Neighborhoods." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 70(2): 139-148.

Sastry, Narayan, and J.M. Hussey. 2003. "An Investigation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Weight in Chicago Neighborhoods." Demography, 40(4)701-725.

2002

Sampson, Robert J., Jeffrey Morenoff, and Thomas Gannon-Rowley. 2002. "Assessing Neighborhood Effects: Social Processes and New Directions in Research." Annual Review of Sociology, 28: 443-478.

Farley, Reynolds, and Maria Krysan. 2002. "The Residential Preferences of Blacks: Do They Explain Persistent Segregation?" Social Forces, 80(3): 937-980.

Beutel, Ann, and William Axinn. 2002. "Gender, Social Change, and Educational Attainment." Economic Development and Cultural Change, 51(1): 109-134.

Barber, Jennifer S., Lisa D. Pearce, Indra Chaudhari, and Susan Gurung. 2002. "Voluntary Associations and Fertility Limitation." Social Forces, 80(4): 1369-1401.

Balfour, J.L., and George A. Kaplan. 2002. "Neighborhood Environment and Loss of Physical Function in Older Adults: Evidence From the Alameda County Study." American Journal of Epidemiology, 155(6): 507-515.

Allard, Scott W., and Sheldon H. Danziger. 2002. "Proximity and Opportunity: How Residence and Race Affect the Employment of Welfare Recipients." Housing Policy Debate, 13(4): 675-700.

Karpati, A., Sandro Galea, T. Awerbuch, and R. Levins. 2002. "Variability and Vulnerability at the Ecologic Level: Implications for Understanding the Social Determinants of Health." American Journal of Public Health, 92: 1768-1772.

Chapters

Sampson, Robert J., and Jeffrey Morenoff. 2006. "Durable Inequality: Spatial Dynamics, Social Processes, and the Persistence of Poverty in Chicago Neighborhoods." In Poverty Traps edited by Bowles, Samuel; Durlauf, Steven N.; Hoff, Karla . Princeton University Press.

Zenk, Shannon N., Amy J. Schulz, James S. House, Alison Benjamin, and Srimathi Kannan. 2005. "Application of CBPR in the design of an observational tool: the neighborhood observational checklist." In Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for Health edited by Barbara A. Israel, et al.. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Zenk, Shannon N., Amy J. Schulz, James S. House, Alison Benjamin, and Srimathi Kannan. 2005. "Healthy environments partnership: neighborhood observational checklist." In Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research for Health edited by Barbara A. Israel, et al.. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Morenoff, Jeffrey, and John W. Lynch. 2004. "What Makes a Place Healthy? Neighborhood Influences on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Over the Life Course." In Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life edited by Norman B. Anderson, Randy A. Bulatao, and Barney Cohen. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Sampson, Robert J., and Jeffrey Morenoff. 2004. "Spatial (dis)advantage and homicide in Chicago neighborhoods." In Spatially Integrated Social Science edited by Michael F.Goodchild, Donald G. Janelle. New York: Oxford University Press.

Pebley, A.R., and Narayan Sastry . 2004. "Neighborhoods, Poverty and Children’s Well-being: A Review." In Social Inequality edited by Neckerman, Kathryn . New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Krause, Neal. 2003. "Neighborhoods, health, and well-being late life." In Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 23 edited by H.W. Wahl, R. Scheidt, and P. Windley. 223-249. New York: Springer.

PSC Reports

Harding, David J. 2009. "Neighborhood Cultural Heterogeneity, College Goals, and College Enrollment." PSC Research Report No. 09-682. July 2009.

Barber, Jennifer S., and Patricia East. 2007. "Children’s Experiences after the Unintended Birth of a Sibling." PSC Research Report No. 07-625. June 2007.

Wu, Xiaogang. 2007. "Family Resources and Educational Stratification: The Case of Hong Kong, 1981-2001." PSC Research Report No. 07-624. May 2007.

Morenoff, Jeffrey, Ben Hansen, James S. House, David R. Williams, George A. Kaplan, and Haslyn E. Hunte. 2007. "Understanding Social Disparities in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control: The Role of Neighborhood Context." PSC Research Report No. 07-614. January 2007.

Harding, David J. 2006. "Cultural Context, Sexual Behavior, and Romantic Relationships in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods." PSC Research Report No. 06-612. December 2006.

Xie, Yu, and Emily Greenman. 2005. "Segmented Assimilation Theory: A Reformulation and Empirical Test." PSC Research Report No. 05-581. August 2005.


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