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Seven years later: Effects of a neighborhood mobility program on poor Black and Latino adults’ well-being

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Fauth, Rebecca C., Leventhal, Tama, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne·2008·Journal of Health and Social Behavior
DOI 10.1177/002214650804900201PMC PMC3117324
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This study explored program effects on adults' well-being seven years following the implementation of a court-ordered neighborhood mobility program. Low-income black and Latino adults residing in poor, segregated neighborhoods in Yonkers, New York were randomly selected to relocate to publicly funded town-houses in middle-class neighborhoods within the city. Adults who moved (n = 141) and demographically similar adults who were not selected to move (n = 106) were interviewed. Data indicate that 85 percent of adults who moved to the new housing remained there at follow-up. Results revealed that adults who moved resided in neighborhoods with higher collective efficacy and less disorder and danger, but had fewer neighborhood social ties than adults who stayed in poor neighborhoods. Movers were also more likely to work and less likely to receive welfare than nonmovers. Adults who remained in low-poverty neighborhoods at the time of the follow-up reported better physical health than adults residing in poor neighborhoods, but mental health did not vary by neighborhood.

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  • In the Yonkers Housing Intervention, movers had weaker social ties in their new neighborhoods and smaller networks of neighborhood-based friends compared to poor residents who did not move.

    “in the Yonkers Housing Intervention, compared to poor residents who did not move, movers had weaker social ties in their new neighborhoods and smaller networks of neighborhood-based friends [56].”

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  • Moving poor residents out of their neighborhood disrupted their social networks.

    “Research also reveals that moving poor residents out of their neighborhood disrupted their social networks.”

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Authors
Fauth, R. C., Leventhal, T., & Brooks-Gunn, J.
Affiliations
  • The Work Foundation (GB)
  • Tufts University (US)
  • Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development at Teachers College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. A developmental psychologist, she co-directs the National Center for Children and Families.
Corresponding author
Fauth, Rebecca C.
ORCID
Fauth, Rebecca C.
Venue
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2008-06
Volume
49
Issue
2
Pages
119-130
ISSN
  • 0022-1465 (ISSN-L)
  • 2150-6000
DOI
10.1177/002214650804900201
PMC
PMC3117324
OpenAlex
W2131679498
Cited by
55
References
60
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
FWCI
10.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24HD047879, R01HD036387)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
Keywords
neighborhood mobility, low-income adults, Black people, Latino adults, residential segregation, collective efficacy, neighborhood disorder, neighborhood social ties, residential mobility, welfare receipt, employment, physical health, mental health, Yonkers
MeSH terms
Adult, Black or African American, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, New York City, Personal Satisfaction, Population Dynamics, Poverty, Public Housing, Residence Characteristics

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