Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Scattered Site Public Housing on Social Networks and Access to Opportunity

9701493 Rohe本论文的研究改进项目考察了居住地点对居住在分散式和集群式公共住房中的人的社会网络的影响。这项工作将深入了解住房密度如何影响社会网络。将解决两个研究问题——(1)主要生活在低收入社区的低收入人群的社会网络与生活在更富裕社区的低收入人群的社会网络不同吗？(1)如果社会网络存在差异，它们是否与获得机会的差异有关？数据将通过对居住在马里兰州蒙哥马利县两种不同类型住房中的270名公共住房居民进行面对面访谈来收集。具体来说，这项研究将比较148名居住在低收入住房开发项目的居民和122名居住在富裕地区分散单元的居民。这项研究解决了目前关于低收入个体社会网络知识的差距；连接邻里效应和社会网络文献，表明邻里和社会网络共同影响个体的生存机会；并研究了美国住房政策倡议的基础假设，该倡议将低收入者安置在更富裕的社区，为他们提供社会和经济机会。＊＊＊＊

9701493 Rohe This Dissertation Research Improvement project examines the effect of residential location on the social networks of people who live in scattered-site and clustered public housing. This work will provide insight into how housing density affects social networks. Two research questions will be addressed-- (1) do the social networks of low-income people living in predominantly low-income neighborhoods differ from those of low-income people living in more affluent neighborhoods; and (1) if differences in social networks exist, are they associated with a differential access to opportunity? Data will be collected by in-person interviews with 270 public housing residents living in two different types of housing in Montgomery County, Maryland. Specifically, this research will compare 148 residents who live in low income housing developments with 122 who live in units scattered throughout more affluent areas. This research addresses a gap in current knowledge about social networks of low income individuals; bridges the neighborhood effects and social networks literatures, suggesting that neighborhood and social networks together impact an individual's live chances; and examines assumptions undergirding an U.S. housing policy initiative that places low-income people in more affluent communities to provide them with social and economic opportunity. ****