MPC Member Publications

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Title: Cumulative exposure to neighborhood context: consequences for health transitions over the adult life course

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2014

ISSN: 1552-7573; 0164-0275

DOI: 10.1177/0164027512470702 [doi]

PMID: 24465068

Abstract: Over the last two decades, research has assessed the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic factors and individual health. However, existing research is based almost exclusively on cross-sectional data, ignoring the complexity in health transitions that may be shaped by long-term residential exposures. We address these limitations by specifying distinct health transitions over multiple waves of a 15-year study of American adults. We focus on transitions between a hierarchy of health states, (free from health problems, onset of health problems, and death), not just gradients in a single health indicator over time, and use a cumulative measure of exposure to neighborhoods over adulthood. We find that cumulative exposure to neighborhood disadvantage has significant effects on functional decline and mortality. Research ignoring a persons' history of exposure to residential contexts over the life course runs the risk of underestimating the role of neighborhood disadvantage on health.

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Authors: Clarke, Peter; Morenoff, Jeffrey; Debbink, M; Golberstein, Ezra; Elliott, Michael R; Lantz, Paula M

Periodical (Full): Research on aging

Issue: 1

Volume: 36

Pages: 115-256

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IPUMS NHGIS NAPP IHIS ATUS Terrapop