@article{43b4c258c1854641b81aa34cce0eae1f,
title = "The role of social and built environments in predicting self-rated stress: A multilevel analysis in Philadelphia",
abstract = "Most studies of the predictors of stress focus on individual characteristics. Linking multiple contextual data sources to an individual-level health survey, we explore the associations of both built and social environment determinants with self-rated stress. At the individual level few social factors were significant predictors, although neighborhood trust and food insecurity have independent effects on stress. At the neighborhood level, the presence of hazardous waste sites and traffic volume were determinants of self-rated stress even after controlling for other individual characteristics. The latter two factors are of relevance to public health policy as they are potentially modifiable.",
author = "Yang, {Tse Chuan} and Matthews, {Stephen A.}",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge the support of Penn State's Social Science Research Institute who provided funding to Stephen Matthews and Stephen Woods (Social Science Library, Paterno Library, Penn State) to secure the data licensing agreement with the Philadelphia Health Management and for their continued support of Dr. Yang's position. Additional support has been provided by the Population Researh Institute (PRI) at Penn State, which recieves core funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24-HD41025). We thank the anonymous reviewers' for their insights and suggestions. We also thank Ricardo Basurto-Davila, Keith Aronson and Brian McManus for their comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. Any errors remain the responsibility of the authors.",
year = "2010",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.005",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "16",
pages = "803--810",
journal = "Health and Place",
issn = "1353-8292",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "5",
}
