Neighborhood Resources and Adolescent Health and Risk Behaviors

Authors

• Karen A. Snedker, Chapman UniversityFollow
• Jerald R. Herting, University of Washington
• Emily Walton, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Neighborhood conditions – risks and resources – influence a range of individual behaviors for both adults and adolescents. While a growing literature explores the effects of neighborhood resources on individual behaviors, few studies focus on adolescents. Moreover, limited research explores both neighborhood risks and neighborhood resources. Data for this paper are from adolescents (aged 13–18) in the Seattle metropolitan area surveyed from 1998 to 2003. We explore the impact of neighborhood resources on three behavioral and health outcomes (alcohol use, depressed affect, and risky conduct behavior), while controlling for neighborhood disadvantage. By exploring multiple outcomes among adolescents and different features of the neighborhood environment, this paper provides insight into the ways in which positive aspects of neighborhood context matter for youth.

ISBN

978-94-007-6139-1

Publication Date

4-2013

Publisher

Springer

City

New York, NY

Disciplines

Criminology

Comments

In Nazrul Hoque, Mary A. McGehee, and Benjamin S. Bradshaw (Eds.), Applied Demography and Public Health.

Recommended Citation

Snedker, Karen A., Jerald R. Herting and Emily Walton. 2013. “Neighborhood Resources and Adolescent Health and Risk Behaviors." Pp. 215-229 in Applied Demography and Public Health edited by N. Hoque, M. McGehee, and B. Bradshaw. New York: Springer.

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