Moving to Opportunity: Does long-term exposure to 'low-poverty' neighborhoods make a difference for adolescents?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 737-743

  Leventhal, Tama ^a   Dupéré, Véronique ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gender; Mental health; Neighborhoods; Poverty; Propensity score analysis; Social experiment; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HOUSING RELOCATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CITIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051895980     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.042     Document Type: Article

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