The role of the residential neighborhood in linking youths' family poverty trajectory to decreased feelings of safety at school.
Carolyn Côté-Lussier
(1, 2)
,
Tracie A Barnett
(3, 2, 4)
,
Yan Kestens
(1, 5)
,
Mai Thanh Tu
(1, 6, 7)
,
Louise Séguin
(1, 6, 7, 8)
1
UdeM -
Université de Montréal
2 CHU Sainte Justine [Montréal]
3 INRS-IAF - Institut Armand Frappier
4 Concordia University [Montreal]
5 CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
6 IRSPUM - Institut de recherche en santé publique de l'université de Montréal
7 International Network for Research on Inequalities in Child Health (INRICH)
8 Centre de Recherche Léa-Roback sur les Inégalités Sociales de Santé de Montréal,
2 CHU Sainte Justine [Montréal]
3 INRS-IAF - Institut Armand Frappier
4 Concordia University [Montreal]
5 CHUM - Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
6 IRSPUM - Institut de recherche en santé publique de l'université de Montréal
7 International Network for Research on Inequalities in Child Health (INRICH)
8 Centre de Recherche Léa-Roback sur les Inégalités Sociales de Santé de Montréal,
Tracie A Barnett
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Résumé
Although disadvantaged youth are more likely to be victimized at school, victimization only partly explains their decreased feelings of safety at school. We applied a socioecological approach to test the hypotheses that the experience of poverty is associated with decreased feelings of safety at school, and that residential neighborhood features partly mediate the relationship between poverty and feeling less safe at school. This study draws on the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD) which began in 1998 with a representative population-based cohort of 2,120 5-month old infants (49.1% female) and their primary caregiver. The study also includes measures of ego-centred residential neighborhood exposures (based on a 500 m circular buffer zone surrounding the family's residential postal code) derived from a spatial data infrastructure. We used latent growth modeling to estimate youth's family poverty trajectory from age 5 months to 13 years, and structural equation modeling to test our hypotheses. The results suggest that youth experiencing chronic and later-childhood poverty felt less safe at school in part because they lived in neighborhoods that their parents described as being disorderly (e.g., demarked by the presence of garbage, drug use and groups of trouble-makers). These neighborhoods also tended to have less greenery (e.g., trees, parks) and more lone-parent households. Neighborhood features did not help explain the relationship between early-childhood poverty and feeling less safe at school. The findings suggest that targeting residential neighborhood features such as greenery and disorder could improve youth's felt safety at school, particularly for those experiencing chronic and later-childhood poverty.
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Sciences du Vivant [q-bio] Sciences de l'Homme et Société Santé Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie Etudes de l'environnementFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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The role of the residential neighborhood in linking youths' family poverty trajectory to decreased feelings of safety at school.
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Résumé |
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Although disadvantaged youth are more likely to be victimized at school, victimization only partly explains their decreased feelings of safety at school. We applied a socioecological approach to test the hypotheses that the experience of poverty is associated with decreased feelings of safety at school, and that residential neighborhood features partly mediate the relationship between poverty and feeling less safe at school. This study draws on the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD) which began in 1998 with a representative population-based cohort of 2,120 5-month old infants (49.1% female) and their primary caregiver. The study also includes measures of ego-centred residential neighborhood exposures (based on a 500 m circular buffer zone surrounding the family's residential postal code) derived from a spatial data infrastructure. We used latent growth modeling to estimate youth's family poverty trajectory from age 5 months to 13 years, and structural equation modeling to test our hypotheses. The results suggest that youth experiencing chronic and later-childhood poverty felt less safe at school in part because they lived in neighborhoods that their parents described as being disorderly (e.g., demarked by the presence of garbage, drug use and groups of trouble-makers). These neighborhoods also tended to have less greenery (e.g., trees, parks) and more lone-parent households. Neighborhood features did not help explain the relationship between early-childhood poverty and feeling less safe at school. The findings suggest that targeting residential neighborhood features such as greenery and disorder could improve youth's felt safety at school, particularly for those experiencing chronic and later-childhood poverty.
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Auteur(s) |
Carolyn Côté-Lussier
1, 2
, Tracie A Barnett
3, 2, 4
, Yan Kestens
1, 5
, Mai Thanh Tu
1, 6, 7
, Louise Séguin
1, 6, 7, 8
1
UdeM -
Université de Montréal
( 302452 )
- 2900 Boulevard Edouard-Montpetit, Montréal, QC H3T 1J4
- Canada
2
CHU Sainte Justine [Montréal]
( 323994 )
- 3175, Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal H3T 1C5, Québec
- Canada
3
INRS-IAF -
Institut Armand Frappier
( 54664 )
- 531 boul. des Prairies Laval (Québec) H7V 1B7
- Canada
4
Concordia University [Montreal]
( 355894 )
- 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Montréal, QC H3G 1M8
- Canada
5
CHUM -
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
( 306477 )
- Montréal
- Canada
6
IRSPUM -
Institut de recherche en santé publique de l'université de Montréal
( 464282 )
- C.P. 6128, Pavillon 7101 avenue du Parc, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7
- Canada
7
International Network for Research on Inequalities in Child Health (INRICH)
( 463491 )
- Montréal
- Canada
8
Centre de Recherche Léa-Roback sur les Inégalités Sociales de Santé de Montréal,
( 463577 )
- Canada
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2015-06
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Date de publication électronique |
2014-11-12
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Volume |
44
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Numéro |
6
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Page/Identifiant |
1194-207
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Mots-clés |
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Poverty trajectory, Youth, School, Safety, Residential, Neighborhood
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DOI | 10.1007/s10964-014-0214-8 |
Pubmed Id | 25388832 |
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