Open AccessThe Impact of Childhood Mobility on Exposure to Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context Over Time
Author(s) -
Elisabeth Dowling Root,
Jamie L. Humphrey
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301467
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , context (archaeology) , longitudinal study , early childhood , demography , cohort , cohort study , association (psychology) , environmental health , geography , psychology , gerontology , medicine , developmental psychology , sociology , population , archaeology , pathology , psychotherapist
We used the 1998-1999 Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort, with data collected in kindergarten, first, third, fifth, and eighth grades, in a descriptive analysis of associations between early childhood residential mobility frequency and neighborhood context changes. We found that children who move frequently appear initially to move into higher-socioeconomic-status neighborhoods but eventually move back to lower-socioeconomic-status neighborhoods, exposing frequent movers to diverse neighborhood contexts. These findings have implications for policy and research that seeks to link neighborhood context to health.