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If They Grow up: Exploring the Neighborhood Context of Adolescent and Young Adult Survival Expectations
Author(s) -
Swisher Raymond R.,
Warner Tara D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12027
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , poverty , odds , psychology , mental health , depression (economics) , odds ratio , physical health , gerontology , demography , young adult , logistic regression , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , paleontology , biology , macroeconomics , sociology , economics , economic growth
Using data from the N ational L ongitudinal S tudy of A dolescent H ealth, this study examines individual and neighborhood predictors of adolescent and young adult survival expectations—their confidence of surviving to age 35. Analyses revealed that within‐person increases in depression and violent perpetration decreased the odds of expecting to survive. Individuals who rated themselves in good health and received routine physical care had greater survival expectations. Consistent with documented health disparities, B lack and H ispanic youth had lower survival expectations than did their W hite peers. Neighborhood poverty was linked to diminished survival expectations both within and between persons, with the between‐person association remaining significant controlling for mental and physical health, exposure to violence, own violence, and a wide range of sociodemographic factors.