Neighborhood and Life Chances: How Place Matters in Modern America

Book Overview

Does the place where you lived as a child affect your health as an adult? To what degree does your neighbor's success influence your own potential? The importance of place is increasingly recognized in urban research as an important variable in understanding individual and household outcomes. Place matters in education, physical health, crime, violence, housing, family income, mental health, and discrimination--issues that determine the quality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812222652
• ISBN13: 9780812222654
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"