L.A.FANS Publications
This list includes publications, working papers, conference presentations, and reports that use or describe the L.A.FANS data. Links are provided when abstracts or publications are available on the Internet. To obtain other publications, please contact the authors directly.
Neighborhood Violence and Urban Youth — 2008
NBER Working Paper No. 13773
Health Insurance, Health Care Use, and Health Status in Los Angeles County — 2006
San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California
Local Residential Economic Context and Health: Evidence of Effects on Racial Disparities in Premature Mortality — 2008
Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Demographic Association, Greenville, SC, November 2008
Depending on the Kindness of Strangers: Current National Data Initiatives and Developmental Research — 2000
Child Development, Volume 71, Number 1, Pages 257–268
Are the Type and Number of Food Stores in a Neighborhood Associated with the Health of its Residents? — 2004
Presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL, May 2004
The Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics on Health Status for Persons with Chronic Conditions — 2003
Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Vancouver, BC, April/May 2003
The Relationship between Neighborhood Characteristics and Self-Rated Health for Adults with Chronic Conditions — 2007
American Journal of Public Health, Volume 97, Number 5, Pages 926–932
The Neighborhood Food Resources Environment and the Health of Residents with Chronic Conditions: The Food Resource Environment and the Health of Residents — 2008
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23 (8): 1137-1144
Dynamic Models of Neighborhood Change — 2005
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March/April 2005
Residential Mobility, Income Inequality, and Race/Ethnic Segregation in Los Angeles — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March/April 2006
Residential Tipping in a Multiethnic World — 2002
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Atlanta, GA, May 2002
Neighborhood Choice and Neighborhood Change — 2006
American Journal of Sociology, Volume 112, Number 3, Pages 667–709
Segregation Processes — 2009
In P. Bearman and P. Hedström (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Evaluating the Potential Protective Effects of Immigrant Status and Neighborhood Immigrant Concentration on Adolescent Arrests — 2007
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, November, 2007
SES and Adolescent Problem Behavior: A Multilevel Examination of the Middle-Status Conformity Hypothesis — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Los Angeles, CA, November 2006
Why Do Hispanics in the USA Report Poor Health? — 2007
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 65, Number 5, Pages 990–1003
Actual or Potential Neighborhood Resources for Health: What Can Bourdieu offer for Improving Understandings of Social Capital Mechanisms for Health? — 2007
In Ichiro Kawachi, S.V. Subramanian, and Daniel Kim (eds.), Social Capital and Health. New York: Springer.
Actual or Potential Neighborhood Resources and Access to Them: Testing Hypotheses of Social Capital for the Health of Female Caregivers — 2008
Social Science & Medicine, 67 (4): 568-582
The Forms of Social Capital: A Sociomedical Science Investigation of Neighborhood Social Capital as a Health Determinant Using a Bourdieu Framework — 2004
Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, New York, NY
How Do Your Neighbors Matter for Your Health? Exploring the Role of Community Social Capital — 2007
Paper presented at the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) Public Seminar Series. Vancouver, British Columbia
Neighborhood Social Capital and Adult Health: An Empirical Test of a Bourdieu-based Model — 2007
Health & Place, Volume 13, Number 3, September 2007, Pages 639–655
Neighborhood Social Capital as a Health Determinant: An Empirical Test of a Bourdieu-based Framework and Model — 2005
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005
Actual or Potential Neighborhood Resources and Access: Testing Ideas of Bourdieu's Social Capital Theory for the Health of Female Caregivers — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, PQ, August 2006
Young Children's Health Status and Health Care Utilization in Los Angeles County — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 2006
Intergenerational Transfer of Educational Attainment among Immigrant Families: Findings from the Los Angeles Family & Neighborhood Study — 2007
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New York, NY, March 2007
Neighborhood Structural Characteristics, Social Processes, and Child Wellbeing: A Multilevel Study in Two Urban Contexts — 2008
Doctoral dissertation, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Collection of Legal Status Information: Caution! — 2006
American Journal of Public Health, Volume 96, Number 3, Page 399
Spatial Demography: An Opportunity to Improve Policy Making at Diverse Decision Levels — 2007
Population Research and Policy Review, Volume 26, Numbers 5-6, Pages 477–509
Residential Choice, the Built Environment, and Nonwork Travel: Evidence Using New Data and Methods — 2009
Environment and Planning A, 41(5):1072-1089
Transit-Oriented Development and Household Travel: A Study of California Cities — 2006
Working Paper, Institute of the Environment, UCLA
Patterns of Child Care Use for Preschoolers in Los Angeles County — 2005
Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation
Immigrant Families Over the Life Course: Research Directions and Needs — 2009
Journal of Family Issues, 30(6):852-872
Mobility, Housing Stress and Neighborhood Contexts: Evidence from Los Angeles — 2006
Environment and Planning A, Volume 38, Number 6, Pages 1077–1093
How much does income matter in neighborhood choice? — 2006
Population Research and Policy Review, Volume 26, Number 2, Pages 145–161
Job access and commute penalties: Balancing work and residence in Los Angeles — 2006
Urban Geography, Volume 26, Number 7, Pages 610–626
Broken Windows and Health: Housing, Collective Efficacy, and Health Outcomes — 2005
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA, December 2005
Community Collective Efficacy and Adolescent Health in Los Angeles — 2003
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN, May 2003
Collective Efficacy and Obesity: The Potential Influence of Social Factors on Health — 2006
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 62, Number 3, 769–778
The Built Environment and Collective Efficacy — 2008
Health & Place, Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 198–208
Neighborhoods and Adult Health Status: A Multi-Level Analysis of Social Determinants of Health Disparities in Los Angeles County — 2004
Doctoral Dissertation, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
The Social Ecologic Model of Neighborhood Health — 2004
Presented at the Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference, Portland, OR, 2004
Economic Strategies of Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Families in Los Angeles — 2007
Working Paper CCPR-007-05, California Center for Population Research, UCLA
Race-Ethnic Preference and Neighborhood Quality Effects on Residential Mobility Decisions: Evidence from the Los Angeles Survey of Families and Neighborhoods — 2003
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN, May 2003
Mexican-American Fertility Patterns: A Racial Stratification Perspective — 2004
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA, April 2004
Help or Hindrance? A Multilevel Analysis of the Role of Immigrant Communities in Growing up American — 2004
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, PA, May 2005
A Multilevel Analysis of the Role of Immigrant Communities in Growing up American — 2005
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005
A Tale of Two Cities: Residential Context and the Health-Risk Behaviors of Latino Adolescents in Los Angeles and Chicago — 2007
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New York, NY, March 2007
Social Context and Health-Risk Behaviors among Immigrant Adolescents in Los Angeles — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March/April 2006
Barrios and Burbs: Residential Context and Health-Risk Behaviors Among Angeleno Adolescents — 2007
Journal of Health and Social Behavior Volume 48, Number 3, Pages 283–300
Nature or Nurturing? Examining the Links between Family Structure, Social Support, and Child Well-Being — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, PQ, August 2006
Applications of Calendar Instruments in Social Surveys: A Review — 2007
Quality and Quantity
Legal Status and Health Insurance among Immigrants — 2005
Health Affairs, Volume 24, Number 6, Pages 1640–1653
Immigrants and the Cost of Medical Care — 2006
Health Affairs, Volume 25, Number 6, Pages 1700–1711
Another Hispanic Paradox? Differences in Socioeconomic Gradients in Health between Whites and Hispanics — 2005
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, PA, May 2005
Socioeconomic Gradients in Health for White and Mexican-Origin Populations — 2006
American Journal of Public Health, Volume 96, Number 12, Pages 2186–2193
Neighborhood Attachment in the Multiethnic Metropolis — 2009
City & Community, 8(1):27-45
Neighborhood Attachment in the Multiethnic Metropolis — 2006
Ph.D. dissertation, Pennsylvania State University
Neighborhood Attachment in the Multiethnic Metropolis: The Intersection of Race, Nativity, and Racial Composition — 2006
Working paper, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
Relationship between School Mobility, Parent Involvement and Child Schooling: Evidence from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey — 2007
Paper presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC, January 2007
A Comparison of Surveys for Food Insecurity and Hunger Measurement — 2005
Background paper prepared for the Panel to Review the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger
You Are Who You Know: Effect of Social Influence and Grocery Store Locations on Body Mass Index — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 2006
Body Mass Index, Neighborhood Fast Food and Restaurant Concentration, and Car Ownership — 2009
Journal of Urban Health, in press
You Are Where You Shop: Grocery Store Locations, Weight, and Neighborhoods — 2006
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 31, Number 1, Pages 10–17
Non-Residential Neighborhood Exposures Suppress Neighborhood Effects on Self-Rated Health — 2007
Social Science & Medicine Volume 65, Issue 8, Pages 1779–1791
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Measurements of Neighborhood Experience and Their Effects on Children — 2007
Social Science Research, Volume 36, Number 2, Pages 590–610
Children's Neighborhoods and Social Development — 2005
Presented at the Summer 2005 Meeting of International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), Los Angeles, CA, August 2005
Understanding the Effects of Neighborhood Crowding on Children’s Well-being — 2004
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA, April, 2004
Schooling Location and Economic, Occupational and Cognitive Success among Immigrants and Their Children: The Case of Los Angeles — Forthcoming
Social Science Research
Neighborhood and School Effects on Children's Academic Skills — 2007
Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, April 2007
Neighborhood Effects on Adolescent Sexual Behavior — 2007
Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., November 2007
Segmented Assimilation and Latino Children's Health Behavior — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, MA, November 2006
Neighborhood and School Effects on Children's Development and Well-Being — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March/April 2006
Intergenerational Differences in Smoking Behavior for Mexican-Americans: The Role of Culture and Cohesion — 2005
Paper presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, PA, March/April 2005
Intergenerational Differences in Health Behaviors for Mexican-Americans: The Role of Culture and Cohesion. — 2005
Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University
Factors Associated with Major Depression Among Mothers in Los Angeles — 2007
Women's Health Issues Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 316–324
Disparities in Detection and Treatment History Among Mothers with Major Depression in Los Angeles — 2009
Women's Health Issues, 19(4): 232-242.
Los Angeles County Young Children's Literacy Experiences, Emotional Well-Being and Skills Acquisition: Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey — 2003
Working Paper DRU-3041-LAFANS, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
Are L.A.'s Children Ready for School? — 2004
Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation
The Impact of Poverty on Immigrant Children's Mental Health: Testing the Mediating Role of Family Processes. — 2006
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley
Neighborhood-Based Initiatives — 2003
In Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Allison Sidle Fuligni, and Lisa J. Berlin (eds.), Early Child Development in the 21st Century: Profiles of Current Research Initiatives. New York: Teacher's College Press, Pages 279–295
Beyond Treatment Effects: Estimating the Relationship between Neighborhood Poverty and Individual Outcomes in the MTO Experiment — 2004
Working Paper #493, Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University
Beyond Treatment Effects: Estimating the Relationship Between Neighborhood Poverty and Individual Outcomes in the MTO Experiment — 2004
Working Paper RWP04-036, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Neighborhood Social Capital as a Health Determinant: An Empirical Test of a Bourdieu-based Framework and Model — 2005
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005
Are There Measurable Neighborhood Effects on Health: Evidence from L.A.FANS — 2006
Paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, March 2006.
Spatial Inequality, Neighborhood Mobility, and Residential Segregation — 2003
Working Paper CCPR-002-03, California Center for Population Research, UCLA
What a Drop Can Do: Dried Blood Spots as a Minimally-Invasive Method for Integrating Biomarkers into Population-Based Research — 2006
Working Paper WP-06-16, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
"What a Drop Can Do: Dried Blood Spots as a Minimally-Invasive Method for Integrating Biomarkers into Population-Based Research" — 2007
Demography Volume 44, Number 4, Pages 899–925
Network Effects and Risky Teen Behavior in the L.A.FANS. — 2008
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA, April 2008
Monitoring on the Cheap Without Losing Sleep — 2007
Paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Anaheim, CA, May 2007
Who You Are and Where You Live: Immigrant Status, Context, and Adolescent Problem Behavior — 2008
Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Who You Are and Where You Live: Status, Context, and Adolescent Problem Behavior — 2007
Paper presented at the Criminal Justice Research Center Seminar Series, May 2007, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Neighborhood Norms and Substance Use Among Teens, with Technical Appendix — 2005
Working Paper CCPR-048-05 California Center for Population Research, UCLA
Neighborhood Norms and Substance Use Among Teens — 2008
Social Science Research Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 138–155
The Impact of Poverty on Immigrant Children's Mental Health: Testing the Mediating Role of Family Processes — 2008
Paper presented at the Society for Social Work and Research 12th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, January 2008
What Level Macro? Choosing Appropriate Levels to Assess the Relation Between Space and Population Health — 2007
In Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health S. Galea (ed.). New York, NY: Springer, Pages 399–436
"Gains from Green Cards: Immigrant Parents' Legal Status and Children's Scholastic Achievement" — 2007
Working paper
Inequality and Health Status in Los Angeles — 2001
Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August 2001
Socioeconomic Differentials in Health Outcomes and Health Behavior in Los Angeles — 2002
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Atlanta, GA, May 2002
Concentrated Poverty vs. Concentrated Affluence: Effects on Neighborhood Social Environments and Children's Outcomes — 2003
Labor and Population Working Paper DRU-2400/10-LAFANS, RAND Corporation
Neighborhoods, Poverty and Children's Well-being: A Review — 2004
Social Inequality, Kathryn M. Neckerman (ed.), New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, Pages 119–145
In Our Backyard: How 3 L.A. Neighborhoods Affect Kids' Lives — 2002
Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation
Health Insurance Coverage among Immigrants in Los Angeles — 2003
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, MN, May 2003
How Long Do People Remain Medically Uninsured? — 2005
Paper presented at the Annual Research Meeting of AcademyHealth, Boston, MA, June, 2005
Neighborhood Effects on Primary Care Access in Los Angeles — 2006
Social Science & Medicine, Volume 62, Number 5, Pages 1291–1303
Social Determinants of Disparities in Primary Care Access — 2004
Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles
How Does Where You Live Affect Your Primary Care Use? — 2004
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, November 2004
Immigration Status and Health Insurance Coverage: Who Gains? Who Loses? — 2005
American Journal of Public Health, Volume 95, Number 1, Pages 109–116
Authors Respond to ‘Collection of Legal Status Information: Caution!’ — 2006
American Journal of Public Health, Volume 96, Number 3, Pages 399–400
A Tale of Two Cities: Residential Context and Health-Risk Behaviors among Latino Adolescents in Los Angeles and Chicago — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 2006, Montreal, PQ, August 2006
Civic Lessons: Public Schools and the Civic Development of Undocumented Students — 2008
Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy, 3(2)
Non-Response in the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey — 2003
Labor and Population Working Paper DRU-2400/7-LAFANS, RAND Corporation
Neighborhood and Family Effects on Children's Health in Los Angeles — 2003
Labor and Population Working Paper DRU-2400/11-LAFANS, RAND Corporation
Childhood Obesity, Cholesterol, and Social Inequality — 2007
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New York, NY, March 2007
Family and Neighborhood Sources of Socioeconomic Inequality in Children's Achievement — 2008
Research Report 08-647, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
Neighborhood Effects on Adult Health in Los Angeles — Forthcoming
The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey — 2006
Social Science Research, Volume 35, Number 4, Pages 1000–1024
Family and Neighborhood Effects on Inequality in Children's Achievement: Results for Los Angeles and the Nation — 2005
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, PA, May 2005
Neighborhood Definitions and the Spatial Dimensions of Daily Life in Los Angeles — 2002
Labor and Population Working Paper DRU-2400/8-LAFANS, RAND Corporation
Social Capital, Neighborhood Perceptions and Self-Rated Health: Evidence from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LAFANS) — 2006
Working Paper CCPR-039-06, California Center for Population Research, UCLA
Research Infrastructure — 2001
New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach, Burton H. Singer and Carol D.Ryff (eds.), Washington, DC: National Academies Press, Pages 184–189
The Effects of Housing and Neighborhood Crowding on Children's Well-Being — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March/April 2006
Language Proficiency, Community Social Capital and Access to Health Care — 2006
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Hawaii Sociological Association, Honolulu, HI, April 2006
Community Social Capital and Access to Health Care in Poorer Neighborhoods — 2007
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY, August 2007
Community Social Capital and Access to Health Care — 2007
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 2007
Collective Efficacy and Marital and Non-Marital Adolescent Fertility in Hispanic Neighborhoods — 2006
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, August, 2006
Hispanic concentration and the conditional influence of collective efficacy on adolescent childbearing — 2006
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Volume 160, Number 9, Pages 925–930
Outdoor Air Pollution, Family and Neighborhood Environment and Asthma in L.A.FANS Children — 2009
Health & Place, 15(1): 25-36
Social Capital and General Health Status among the Elderly in a Multicultural Community — 2007
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Sociological Society, Kanagawa, November 2007
'Rebel Without a Cause' A Social Interactions-Based Analysis of Youths' Truancy Behavior — 2005
Working paper, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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