Does neighborhood matter? Assessing recent evidence
Does neighborhood matter? Assessing recent evidence
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DOI：
10.1080/10511482.1997.9521280
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发表时间：
1997-01-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Turner, MA
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作者：
Ellen, IG;Turner, MA
这篇文章综合了从广泛的实证研究的结果，以社区如何影响家庭和儿童。它为理解社区如何影响不同生命阶段的人提供了一个概念框架。然后，它确定了方法上的挑战，总结了过去的研究结果，并提出了未来工作的优先事项。尽管越来越多的证据表明，邻里条件在塑造个人的结果中发挥了作用，严重的方法上的挑战仍然存在，这表明在解释这些证据时要谨慎。此外，没有共识出现的邻里特征影响哪些结果，或什么类型的家庭可能是最受邻里条件的影响。最后，现有的研究提供了很少的经验证据的因果机制，邻里环境影响个人的结果。为了对政策制定者有用，未来的实证研究应该解决邻里关系如何以及对谁重要的关键问题。
This article synthesizes findings from a wide range of empirical research into how neighborhoods affect families and children. It lays out a conceptual framework for understanding how neighborhoods may affect people at different life stages. It then identifies methodological challenges, summarizes past research findings, and suggests priorities for future work.Despite a growing body of evidence that neighborhood conditions play a role in shaping individual outcomes, serious methodological challenges remain that suggest some caution in interpreting this evidence. Moreover, no consensus emerges about which neighborhood characteristics affect which outcomes, or about what types of families may be most influenced by neighborhood conditions. Finally, existing studies provide little empirical evidence about the causal mechanisms through which neighborhood environment influences individual outcomes. To be useful to policy makers, future empirical research should tackle the critical question of how and for whom neighborhood matters.