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Changing Neighborhoodsâ€”Neighborhoods Changing

O'Sullivan, David - In: Sociological Methods & Research 37 (2009) 4, pp. 498-530

The nature of urban neighborhoods, neighborhood effects, and the dynamics of residential segregation are important themes in contemporary sociological inquiry. Agent-based models of social systems have been widely applied in this context. However, both applied and model-based research in these...

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Deprived yet healthy: Neighbourhood-level resilience in New Zealand

Pearson, Amber L.; Pearce, Jamie; Kingham, Simon - In: Social Science & Medicine 91 (2013) C, pp. 238-245

neighbourhoods or investigated potential explanations for this resilience. This paper examines the paradox of low mortality despite … high social deprivation in New Zealand neighbourhoods and considers possible neighbourhood characteristics that contribute … proxy of community cohesion and a better understanding of the interactions between people and their neighbourhoods, rather …

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Neighbourhood Management

Bergin, Emmet; Power, Anne - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 1999

The way we run urban neighbourhoods in Britain is a key to reversing social exclusion, crime and poor performance on … co-ordinate the many inputs already flowing into neighbourhoods; the practical relevance of the core idea across almost …

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Poverty, Social Exclusion and Neighbourhood: Studying the area bases of social exclusion

Glennerster, Howard; Lupton, Ruth; Noden, Philip; … - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 1999

Are-based policies have become a significant part of the new Labour Government's approach to tackling social exclusion. This paper reviews the long-running debate about whether area-based policies can make a significant impact on poverty and social exclusion. There is a strong tradition of...

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Gender-based violence and socioeconomic inequalities: Does living in more deprived neighbourhoods increase women’s risk of intimate partner violence?

Kiss, Ligia; Schraiber, Lilia Blima; Heise, Lori; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 8, pp. 1172-1179

This study investigates the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions on women’s likelihood of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and individual lung cancer risk: Evaluating long-term exposure measures and mediating mechanisms

Hystad, Perry; Carpiano, Richard M.; Demers, Paul A.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 97 (2013) C, pp. 95-103

Neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) has been associated with numerous chronic diseases, yet little information exists on its association with lung cancer incidence. This outcome presents two key empirical challenges: a long latency period that requires study participants' residential...

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Understanding Neighbourhood Effects: Selection Bias and Residential Mobility

Bergström, Lina; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

. The most severe problem is selection bias as a result of selective sorting into neighbourhoods. This paper argues that in …

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Ethnic Enclaves and Immigrant Earnings Growth

Warman, Casey - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2006

The impact of living in an ethnic enclave on earnings growth of immigrants in Canada is examined using the 1981–2001 Censuses. Consistent with U.S. findings, enclaves are found to have a negative impact on the earnings growth of male immigrants. A negative impact is also found for female...

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Individual social capital, neighbourhood deprivation, and self-rated health in England

Verhaeghe, Pieter-Paul; Tampubolon, Gindo - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 2, pp. 349-357

consist of face-to-face interviews among the adult population in England (Ni = 25,366 respondents, Nj = 12,388 neighbourhoods …

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Neighbourhood disadvantage, network capital and restless sleep: Is the association moderated by gender in urban-dwelling adults?

Bassett, Emma; Moore, Spencer - In: Social Science & Medicine 108 (2014) C, pp. 185-193

Despite evidence suggesting that social and neighbourhood contexts may relate to sleep in adults, the underlying social and demographic mechanisms involved remain relatively unexplored. This study proposes a conceptual framework for examining the link between social environments and restless...

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