The impact of childhood mobility on exposure to neighborhood socioeconomic context over time

E.D. Root and J.L. Humphrey

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 1, 80-82

Abstract: We used the 1998-1999 Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort, with data collected in kindergarten, first, third, fifth, and eighth grades, in a descriptive analysis of associations between early childhood residential mobility frequency and neighborhood context changes. We found that children who move frequently appear initially to move into higher-socioeconomic- status neighborhoods but eventually move back to lower-socioeconomicstatus neighborhoods, exposing frequent movers to diverse neighborhood contexts. These findings have implications for policy and research that seeks to link neighborhood context to health.

Keywords: child; female; human; longitudinal study; male; population dynamics; preschool child; social class; United States; article, Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Population Dynamics; Social Class; United States, Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Population Dynamics; Social Class; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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