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- Title
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Residential Stability, and Perceptions of Instrumental Support Among New Mothers.
- Authors
Turney, Kristin; Harknett, Kristen
- Abstract
Using longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing survey (N = 4,211), this study examines neighborhood disadvantage and perceptions of instrumental support among mothers with young children. The authors find that (a) living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with less instrumental support, particularly financial assistance, from family and friends; (b) residential stability is associated with stronger personal safety nets irrespective of neighborhood quality; and (c) mothers who move to a more disadvantaged neighborhood experience a small but significant decline in perceived instrumental support compared with those who do not move. In interpreting these results, the authors suggest instrumental support may be either a cause or consequence of living in an advantaged neighborhood, but in either case, neighborhood and social network disadvantages go hand in hand.
- Subjects
DISADVANTAGED environment; NEIGHBORHOODS; ATTITUDES of mothers; MOTHER-child relationship; SOCIAL support; HOUSEHOLD moving -- Social aspects; SOCIAL networks
- Publication
Journal of Family Issues, 2010, Vol 31, Issue 4, p499
- ISSN
0192-513X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0192513X09347992