Citation
Harding, D. J. (2009). Collateral consequences of violence in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Social Forces. vol. 88 (2) pp. 757-782 , PMCID: PMC2911138
Abstract
Using data from Add Health, this study investigates the role of neighborhood violence in mediating the effects of neighborhood disadvantage on high school graduation and teenage pregnancy. Results show that neighborhood violence is a strong predictor of both outcomes, net of individual, family, community and school controls. Neighborhood violence accounts for almost half the conditional association between neighborhood disadvantage and high school graduation among males and almost all of the association among females. Violence also accounts for about a fifth of the conditional association between disadvantage and teenage pregnancy among adolescents of both genders. Violence is a critical social characteristic of disadvantaged neighborhoods, one that explains a sizable portion of the effects of growing up in such neighborhoods.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1353%2Fsof.0.0281Reference Type
Journal Article
Journal Title
Social Forces
Author(s)
Harding, D. J.
Year Published
2009
Volume Number
88
Issue Number
2
Pages
757-782
DOI
10.1353/sof.0.0281
PMCID
PMC2911138
Reference ID
1084
