Barrios and Burbs: Residential Context and Health-Risk Behaviors among Angeleno Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Frank, Reanne; Cerda, Magdalena; Rendon, Maria
Titel	Barrios and Burbs: Residential Context and Health-Risk Behaviors among Angeleno Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 48 (2007) 3, S.283-300 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1465
DOI	10.1177/002214650704800306
Schlagwörter	Place of Residence; Adolescents; Counties; Social Environment; Immigrants; Hispanic Americans; Health Behavior; Risk; Poverty; Correlation; Acculturation; Disadvantaged; Substance Abuse; Delinquency; Surveys; Census Figures; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wohnort; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziales Umfeld; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Risiko; Armut; Korrelation; Akkulturation; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Kriminalität; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Volkszählung; Kalifornien
Abstract	The increasing size of the Latino immigrant population in the United States underscores the need for a more complete understanding of the role that social context plays in influencing the health of immigrants and their children. This analysis explores the possibility that residential location influences the health-risk behaviors of Latino youth in Los Angeles County, California. The data come from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey. We apply multivariate, multilevel Rasch models to two scales of adolescent health-risk behaviors (substance use and delinquency). The findings suggest that residence in Census tracts characterized by above-county-average levels of Latinos and above-county-average levels of poverty is associated with increased odds of health-risk behaviors for Latino adolescents, particularly for those born in the United States. The findings lend support to the contention, put forth in the segmented assimilation literature, that disadvantaged urban contexts increase the risk that U.S.-born children of immigrants will experience downward assimilation. (Contains 3 notes and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10