Neighborhood income and physical and social disorder in Canada: associations with young children's competencies.

Full Abstract

This study examined the association of census level, observational, and parent-reported neighborhood characteristics on the verbal and behavioral competencies of a national sample of Canadian preschoolers (N = 3,350). Children's verbal ability scores were positively associated with residing in neighborhoods with affluent residents and negatively associated with residing in neighborhoods with poor residents and in neighborhoods with low cohesion, even after controlling for family socioeconomic factors. Behavior problem scores were higher when children lived in neighborhoods that had fewer affluent residents, high unemployment rates, and neighborhoods with low cohesion, after controlling for family socioeconomic factors. These findings are discussed in light of neighborhood studies of children in the United States in the mid-1990s.

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Author information

Author/s: Kohen, Dafna E (DE); Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne (J); Leventhal, Tama (T); Hertzman, Clyde (C);

Affiliation: Statistics Canada, Health Analysis and Measurement Group, Ottawa, Ontario. dafna.kohen(-atsign-)statcan.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Child development (Child Dev), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2002 Nov-Dec; vol 73 (issue 6) : pp 1844-60

Dates: Created 2002/12/18; Completed 2003/04/03; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12487498, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Aggression
Canada - epidemiology
Child Behavior
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
Cognition
Culture
Family

Female
Humans
Male
Sampling Studies
Social Behavior Disorders - epidemiology
Social Support
Socioeconomic Factors
Verbal Behavior

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