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Minority Population Concentration and Earnings: Evidence from Fixed-Effects Models
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Johnson, Kecia; Pais, Jeremy; South, Scott J. – Social Forces, 2012
Consistent with the hypothesis that heightened visibility and competition lead to greater economic discrimination against minorities, countless studies have observed a negative association between minority population concentration and minority socioeconomic attainment. But minorities who reside in areas with high minority concentration are likely…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Competition, Social Mobility, Correlation
Building Community: The Neighborhood Context of Social Organization
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Swaroop, Sapna; Morenoff, Jeffrey D. – Social Forces, 2006
This study explores how neighborhood context influences participation in local social organization through a multilevel-spatial analysis of residents in Chicago neighborhoods. We construct a typology of community participation based on two dimensions: instrumental vs. expressive motivations for participation and formal vs. informal modes of…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Community Involvement, Social Organizations, Community Characteristics
Social Cohesion, Criminal Victimization and Perceived Risk of Crime in Brazilian Neighborhoods
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Villarreal, Andres; Silva, Braulio F.A. – Social Forces, 2006
Ecological theories linking community characteristics to the level of crime have rarely been tested outside the context of the United States and Western Europe. In this study we examine the effects of social cohesion and neighborhood disorder on crime using data from a survey of neighborhoods in Brazil. We find that lower-income neighborhoods,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Community Characteristics, Urban Areas
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
Suburban Racial Segregation as a Nonecological Process.
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Logan, John R.; Stearns, Linda Brewster – Social Forces, 1981
Examines the relationships between class, ethnicity, and the natural community life cycle and determines how these factors bear on the racial composition of suburban communities. Suggests that the variables associated with the ecological life cycle model are not significant predictors of change in suburban racial composition. (Author/APM)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Correlation, Ethnic Distribution, Ethnicity
Residential Stability and the Social Impact of Neighborhood Disadvantage: A Study of Gender- and Race-Contingent Effects
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Schieman, Scott – Social Forces, 2005
Is neighborhood disadvantage associated with social support? If so, does residential stability modify that association? And are there gender- and race-contingent patterns? Among a sample of adults aged 65 years and older, neighborhood disadvantage is associated positively with received and donated support among black women, but only in…
Descriptors: African American Children, Neighborhoods, Whites, Social Capital