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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Neighborhood Attainments in the Transition to Adulthood
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Swisher, Raymond R.; Kuhl, Danielle C.; Chavez, Jorge M. – Social Forces, 2013
This paper examines racial and ethnic differences in locational attainments in the transition to adulthood, using longitudinal data about neighborhoods of youth in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. It examines place stratification and life course models of locational attainment during the 1990s, a period during which…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Whites, Educational Benefits, Neighborhoods
Collateral Consequences of Violence in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
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Harding, David J. – Social Forces, 2009
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…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Social Characteristics, Disadvantaged, Graduation
Social Context and Adolescent Behavior: The Impact of Community on the Transition to Sexual Activity.
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Brewster, Karin L.; And Others – Social Forces, 1993
Analysis of aggregate- and individual-level data for a national sample of white women suggest that adolescent nonmarital sexual activity and contraceptive use are shaped by the local opportunity structure and normative environment. Social disintegration, socioeconomic status, and availability of employment opportunities for women emerged as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Context Effect
Explaining Race and Gender Differences in Adolescent Sexual Behavior.
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Lauritsen, Janet L. – Social Forces, 1994
Longitudinal data from the National Youth Survey indicate that, in general, social control variables, such as attachment to family and educational aspirations, significantly predicted sexual activity among white adolescents, while strain variables, such as perceived inability to achieve educational goals, predicted sexual behavior of black…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Expectation
Social Capital and Adolescent Violent Behavior: Correlates of Fighting and Weapon Use among Secondary School Students
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Wright, Darlene R.; Fitzpatrick, Kevin M. – Social Forces, 2006
This study explores the relationship between social capital and adolescent violent behaviors for a national sample of secondary school students (N = 4,834). Cross-sectional data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to evaluate multivariate models examining the family school and neighborhood correlates of violent…
Descriptors: Violence, Adolescents, Social Capital, Secondary School Students
A Contextual Analysis of Differential Association, Social Control, and Strain Theories of Delinquency.
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Hoffmann, John P. – Social Forces, 2003
Using national longitudinal data on 10,860 adolescents, a comparative analysis of community contextual effects on delinquency examined variables derived from three theories. Youths in areas of high male joblessness who experienced stressful life events or little parental supervision were especially likely to be involved in delinquency. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Context Effect