title: Neighborhood disadvantage, stress, and drug use among adults.
abstract: This paper explores the relationships among neighborhood disadvantage, stress, and the likelihood of drug use in a sample of adults (N = 1,101). Using the 1995 Detroit Area Study in conjunction with tract-level data from the 1990 census, we find a positive relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and drug use, and this relationship remains statistically significant net of controls for individual-level socioeconomic status. Neighborhood disadvantage is moderately associated with drug related behaviors, indirectly through increased social stressors and higher levels of psychological distress among residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods. A residual effect of neighborhood disadvantage remains, net of a large number of socially relevant controls. Finally, results from interactive models suggest that the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and drug use is most pronounced among individuals with lower incomes.
authors.affiliation: Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1800 Main Building, Austin, TX 78712-1127, USA. jasonb@mail.la.utexas.edu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Boardman
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Finch
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Ellison
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D016015:Logistic Models; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011204:Poverty Areas; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014505:Urban Population