Neighborhood Context and Residential Mobility

Barrett A. Lee, R. S. Oropesa, James W. Kanan

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Abstract

This paper extends the search for neighborhood contextual effects to residential mobility. We propose that neighborhood consists of subjective and objective domains, both of which are crosscut by substantive (social/physical) and temporal (current/change) dimensions. Measures of neighborhood characteristics consistent with our conceptualization are used to estimate the impact of context on mobility thoughts and on actual mobility in a sample of Nashville residents. Although individual statuses such as age and tenure remain important antecedents of mobility, subjective features of neighborhood context also play a role-albeit limited and indirect-in the decision to move or to stay.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)249-270
Number of pages22
JournalDemography
Volume31
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1994

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Demography

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