title: Length of residence and social integration: the contingent effects of neighborhood poverty.
abstract: Given the well-established benefits of social integration for physical and mental health, studies have begun to explore how access to social ties and social support may be shaped by the residential context in which people live. As a critical health exposure, social integration may be one important mechanism by which places affect health. This paper brings together research on two previously studied contextual determinants of social integration. Specifically, we use multi-level data from the Chicago Community Adult Health Survey to investigate the relationships between an individual's length of residence and measures of social integration. We then investigate the extent to which these relationships are moderated by neighborhood poverty. We find that the relationship between length of residence and some measures of social integration are stronger in poor neighborhoods than in more affluent ones.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society, University of Pennsylvania, Colonial Penn Center, 3641 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. danyak@umich.edu
authors.forename: Danya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keene
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bader
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ailshire
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors