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How Economic Segregation Affects Children's Educational Attainment.
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Mayer, Susan E. – Social Forces, 2002
Analysis of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics combined with census data found that an increase in income inequality among census tracts in the same state had little effect on overall educational attainment but exacerbated inequality of attainment between high-income and low-income children. Within-tract inequality had little effect on…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Attainment, Neighborhoods
Deciphering Community and Race Effects on Adolescent Premarital Childbearing.
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South, Scott J.; Baumer, Eric P. – Social Forces, 2000
Racial differences in adolescent premarital childbearing were largely explained by racial differences in neighborhood quality. These neighborhood effects were attributed to peer attitudes and behaviors, adolescents' more tolerant attitudes toward unmarried parenthood, and greater residential mobility in distressed communities. Neighborhood effects…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Community Influence, Disadvantaged Environment
Neighborhood Poverty and the Social Isolation of Inner-City African American Families.
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Rankin, Bruce H.; Quane, James M. – Social Forces, 2000
It has been argued that social isolation is the mechanism linking neighborhood disadvantage to residents' reduced life chances. Analysis of Chicago data on inner-city African American families (each containing a mother and adolescent child) found that families in poorer neighborhoods belonged to social networks with fewer resources but,…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Family, Community Resources, Disadvantaged Environment
Why Does It Take a Village? The Mediation of Neighborhood Effects on Educational Achievement.
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Ainsworth, James W. – Social Forces, 2002
Analysis of data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988, linked to neighborhood-level 1990 census data, indicates that neighborhood characteristics not only predict educational outcomes but also rival the strength of commonly cited family- and school-related predictors. Collective socialization was the strongest of proposed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Disadvantaged Environment, Ghettos