EXPANDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS MODEL: MIXING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

This research uses a quantitative and qualitative approach in assessing the structural effects of neighborhoods on the outcomes of noncompletion of high school and adolescent child-bearing. The results from the regression analyses indicate that median household income is the most important of the th...

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Published in:Urban geography 1998-07, Vol.19 (5), p.459-476
Main Author: Clampet-Lundquist, Susan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Academic success
Adolescents
Bgi / Prodig
Child rearing
Human geography
Qualitative analysis
Quantitative analysis
Urban geography
Urban population and society
Urban poverty
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Summary:This research uses a quantitative and qualitative approach in assessing the structural effects of neighborhoods on the outcomes of noncompletion of high school and adolescent child-bearing. The results from the regression analyses indicate that median household income is the most important of the three structural variables analyzed at the block group level in terms of explaining noncompletion of high school and adolescent childbearing. Additionally, median household income has a significant nonlinear relationship with noncompletion of high school. Adolescents were interviewed in order to ascertain their perceptions of structural factors at work in their neighborhoods, to gain a clearer idea of their norm networks, and to hear their attitudes on dropping out of high school and teen pregnancy. The qualitative findings suggest that research on neighborhood-level effects on outcomes must include qualitative methodology in order to clarify what processes are occurring and how structural variables translate into adolescents' decision making.
ISSN:0272-3638
1938-2847
DOI:10.2747/0272-3638.19.5.459