Journal article
A Multilevel Examination of Neighborhood Social Processes and College Enrollment
Social problems (Berkeley, Calif.), Vol.60(4), pp.513-534
11/01/2013
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2013.60.4.513
Abstract
Previous sociological research on the neighborhood context of youth educational attainment has focused almost exclusively on the effects of neighborhood compositional features. There is limited empirical information about the social processes that may explain why neighborhood disadvantage affects college enrollment decisions. Drawing on William Wilson's (1987) framework and recent theorizing in urban sociology, we examine hypotheses about the explanatory role of neighborhood cultural heterogeneity in affecting college enrollment. We test three hypotheses derived from this literature using original data from a multilevel longitudinal sample of African American adolescents. Results revealed that cultural heterogeneity is an important neighborhood social process that affects adolescents' decisions about college, particularly in disadvantaged neighborhoods. We discuss the implications of the findings with regard to future empirical and theoretical research on neighborhood effects and youth attainment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Multilevel Examination of Neighborhood Social Processes and College Enrollment
- Creators
- Mark T. Berg - University of IowaEric A. Stewart - Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USAEndya Stewart - Florida A&M Univ, Tallahassee, FL USARonald L. Simons - Arizona State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Social problems (Berkeley, Calif.), Vol.60(4), pp.513-534
- DOI
- 10.1525/sp.2013.60.4.513
- ISSN
- 0037-7791
- eISSN
- 1533-8533
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984282620002771
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