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Title: Community and Locational Factors Affecting Child Well-Being after a Residential Move
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Gillespie, Brian Joseph |
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Community and Locational Factors Affecting Child Well-Being after a Residential Move Presented: Atlanta GA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2010 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Academic Development; Achievement; Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Mobility, Residential; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Social Capital Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the relationship between residential mobility and adolescent academic achievement and behavior problems. Specifically, it addresses how community and family protective factors (social capital) as well as geographic location buffer the negative effects of moving on children. This paper also explores the extent to which different dimensions of residential mobility affect specific adolescent outcome domains differently. Children’s behavior problems and academic achievement test scores were compared across four survey waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006) and matched to data from their mothers' reports from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. This allows testing for the effects of residential mobility while controlling for other theoretically important factors, including child’s age. The results suggest that locational characteristics are significant predictors for academic achievement after residential relocation while community and family protective factors affect behavior problems. The results also suggest that the negative effects of moving on behavior problems decrease as children get older. The findings indicate a more complex relationship among moving, social capital, and child outcomes than expected. |
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Gillespie, Brian Joseph. "Community and Locational Factors Affecting Child Well-Being after a Residential Move." Presented: Atlanta GA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2010. |