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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Neighborhood Characteristics"”.
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Neighborhood characteristics and the spatial concentration of crime: Evidence for Bogotá
Using a unique neighborhood crime dataset for Bogotá in 2011, this study uses a spatial econometric approach and examines the role of socioeconomic and agglomeration variables in explaining the variance of crime. It uses two different types of crime, violent crime represented in homicides and …
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Spacial analysis of foreclosure and neighborhood characteristics in Miami metropolitan area, Florida
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Parenting, neighborhood characteristics, and disruptive child behavior in low-income African American families
… the multifaceted relationship between parenting, neighborhood characteristics, and child disruptive behavior. Examining data from a low-income, African American preschool sample, this study investigated how self-reported neighborhood characteristics and observed parenting behaviors uniquely …
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Discerning Neighborhood Characteristics as Contributing Factors to Infant Mortality in Rural Northern Plains Communities
… hopefully reveal patterns of health and economic characteristics that predispose infant mortality.
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An examination of the disparate impact of neighborhood characteristics on routine and gang-involved gun violence
… of literature has described the influence of neighborhood characteristics, including socio-economic deprivation, residential turnover, and racial/ethnic composition on gun crime. There have been limited efforts, however, to examine the extent to which these effects might vary based on the …
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A Study of the Influence of Selected Neighborhood Characteristics on Chicago Youth Homicide: 1970, 1980, 1990
… homicide in Chicago was concentrated in specific neighborhoods. This study found that the differences in the rate of youth homicide and firearm homicide over the decades were partially accounted for by the increase in social and economic deprivation. Youth homicide and firearm homicide rates were …
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Investing in the post-foreclosure housing market: how neighborhood characteristics and real estate actors affect recovery
… arises to examine how different hart-hit neighborhoods have managed to recover. This is a two-part study that examines real estate investor activity among REO properties in the Chicago region. The first part consists of a qualitative inquiry consisting of interviews with investors who are …
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Differences in neighborhood characteristics and capabilities to move among families with and without health challenges : a case of Monterrey
This study positions health as a risk factor for neighborhood selection into poor neighborhoods, and overviews the possible mechanisms that constrain sick people from living in low poverty neighborhoods. Most of the literature on health and place focuses on the unidirectional relationship from …
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Neighborhood Effects and Mobility Patterns Among Residents of Chicago's Residential Homeless System
… study explores the effects of location and neighborhood characteristics on the probability that residents in shelters, Interim, and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) programs in Chicago's homeless system move to market-rate housing or intend to leave their communities in the near future. …
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Housing Challenges of Asian and Pacific Island Elders in the United States from 1995 to 2007
… assistance, and demographic, housing, and neighborhood characteristics. The research framework was based on the theory of housing adjustment (Morris & Winter, 1975, 1978). When investigating housing challenges, housing satisfaction was considered a representative term, as the dependent …
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Assessing Attitudes Towards Violence Among African American Male Youth: The Influence of Ecological Factors.
… a 62-item survey that was comprised of the Neighborhood Characteristics Questionnaire, the Authoritative Parenting Index, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Attitudes Towards Violence Scale. It was hypothesized that neighborhood characteristics, parenting styles, and self-esteem would …
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A beautiful day in these neighborhoods: variations in access to school, food, and healthcare in neighborhoods along an urban to rural gradient
Neighborhoods are fundamental units of planning. Over the past century, planners have presented theories on designing the ideal neighborhood. Many of these theories include recommendations for size, population, and orientation to basic amenities like food, healthcare and education. Most …
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Household operational energy consumption in urban China : a multilevel analysis on Jinan
… households and spatial analysis of 23 urban neighborhoods, I summarize key household socio-economic and demographic characteristics, dwelling unit physical attributes, appliance ownership, and usage control, as well as neighborhood characteristics of density, mixed use, solar gain, and wind …
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Linking land use and transportation : measuring the impact of neighborhood-scale spatial patterns on travel behavior
… their linkage. This study examines in detail the neighborhood characteristics that affect travel behavior. Neighborhood characteristics include land use, network and accessibility related characteristics which are quantified through the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Ultimately, …
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Investigating the Various Ways Parental Incarceration Affects Children: An Application of Mixture Regression
… are affected are identified. Child, family, and neighborhood characteristics are used to predict these effects. For concurrent incarceration, only 3% of the sample was unaffected (positively or negatively) and 30% were unaffected by the fathers' previous incarceration. Results identify profiles …
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Determinants of Educational Expenditures and Outcomes: Analyses Using School Campus -Level Data
… In addition, many of the pupil, family and neighborhood characteristics are statistically significant determinants of educational achievement. Specifically, family income, education level and race proportions in the neighborhood have an effect on the educational achievement of pupils."
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Identifying Pathways to Disease Using Data Mining: Understanding the Combined Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Health Indicators of Diabetes Mellitus and Asthma among High-Risk Philadelphians
Introduction: Disadvantaged urban neighborhoods suffer disproportionate chronic illness burden related to social determinants of health. Studies have shown that socioeconomic characteristics and factors related to poor neighborhood conditions, such as physical inactivity and neighborhood disorder, …
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Cultural and social integration of British immigrants and ethnic minorities: Exploring ethnic and generational differences in gender role attitudes, social networks, neighborhood attachment and work values
… gender role attitudes, social networks, neighborhood attachment and work values of first and second generation immigrants. To this end, this thesis uses a large-scale nationally representative dataset: Understanding Society: United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study and a range of …
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Neighborhood environment and physical activity
… and it has often been based on self-reported neighborhood environments and/or on self-reported physical activity. The aim of this thesis was to investigate, for the first time in a Swedish context, the associations between objectively assessed neighborhood characteristics and objectively …
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How urban form effects sense of community: a comparative case study of a traditional neighborhood and conventional suburban development in Northern Virginia
… concepts by comparing two Northern Virginia neighborhoods, which are in close proximity to Washington, DC. Brambleton, a traditional neighborhood development, and Stratford, a nearby conventional suburban development, were chosen as case study communities due to their physical representation …
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