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Author: Stansfield, Richard
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Semenza, Daniel C.
Silver, Ian A.
Stansfield, Richard
Boen, Courtney
Concentrated Disadvantage and Functional Disability: A Longitudinal Neighbourhood Analysis in 100 US cities
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 77 (September 2023): 676-682.
Also: https://jech.bmj.com/content/77/10/676
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group, Ltd. - British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Keyword(s): Disability; Disadvantage, Neighborhood; Neighborhoods/Areas; Poverty; Socioeconomic Background; Socioeconomic Factors; Unemployment

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Background: Socioeconomic disadvantage related to poverty, unemployment and social disinvestment contributes to significant disparities in community health in the USA. Yet, there remains limited ecological research on the relationship between neighbourhood disadvantage and functional disability. Much of the work in this area has focused on elderly populations without attention to variation across age and sex groups.

Methods: Using a longitudinal dataset of almost 16,000 neighbourhoods, we examine the relationship between neighbourhood disadvantage and functional disability. Leveraging a series of cross-lagged panel models, we account for reciprocal dynamics and a range of pertinent covariates while assessing differences across age- and sex-specific groups.

Results: Accounting for reciprocal effects, we found that the association between concentrated disadvantage and functional disability varies across age and sex groups. Concentrated disadvantage is most consistently associated with increased functional disability among boys (5–17 years), young men (18–34 years) and middle-aged men (35–64 years). Similar associations are found among girls (5–17 years) and middle-aged women (35–64 years).

Conclusion: Local neighbourhood economic conditions are significantly associated with functional disability among relatively young populations of males and females. Exposure to neighbourhood disadvantage and deprivation may accelerate disablement processes and shift the age curve of disability risk. social disinvestment

Bibliography Citation
Semenza, Daniel C., Ian A. Silver, Richard Stansfield and Courtney Boen. "Concentrated Disadvantage and Functional Disability: A Longitudinal Neighbourhood Analysis in 100 US cities." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 77 (September 2023): 676-682.
2. Stansfield, Richard
A Multilevel Analysis of Hispanic Youth, Exposure to the United States, and Retail Theft
Race and Social Problems 4,2 (June 2012): 121-132.
Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/8118040418m42363/
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Crime; Hispanic Youth; Home Environment; Immigrants; Modeling, Random Effects

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Panel data in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) provide an excellent opportunity to examine the relationship between Hispanic immigration, assimilation, and retail theft. This study examines the relationship between length of time Hispanic youth have spent in America, with the probability of stealing from a store. After controlling for traditional predictors of crime that are correlated with adolescence and immigrant status, random effects logistic regression models indicate that immigrants are less likely to steal than non-immigrants. However, calculating the marginal effects of time spent in the United States reveals that their probability increases with assimilation. Supplementary analyses specify that Hispanic youth who enter the United States within their first 5 years of age will have higher odds of engaging in retail theft. Supportive parenting and a structured home environment is a consistent protective factor in the models. Policies targeting pro-family and social identification are likely to benefit immigrant youth as they acculturate to America.
Bibliography Citation
Stansfield, Richard. "A Multilevel Analysis of Hispanic Youth, Exposure to the United States, and Retail Theft." Race and Social Problems 4,2 (June 2012): 121-132.