Be My Guest

The Link Between Concentrated Poverty, Race, and Family-Level Support

Bibliographic Data

ID2347786
AuthorsEllen Whitehead (0000-0003-0213-729X, Rice University, corresponding author), Ellen M Whitehead (Rice University, Houston, TX, USA)
Year2018
Volume39
Issue12
Pages3225-3247
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x18776449
OpenAlexW2805796240
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited47

Exposure to concentrated poverty is largely understood as reflecting the role of individual influences and racial disparities, with less information on the role of extended family. Coresiding with family members represents one classic mechanism reducing exposure to economic hardship, but we often combine those residing as 'guests' with those who are 'hosting' their extended family. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( N = 4,054), I explore the impact of living with family on the likelihood of residing in concentrated poverty. I find that mothers who coreside as 'guests' with family, but not those who are hosting their relatives, have significantly lower odds of living in impoverished neighborhoods compared with those who do not reside with relatives, once controlling for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. This research reveals that family networks do play a role in structuring neighborhood attainment, with strong implications for better understanding vulnerability to neighborhood poverty

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Logistic regression · Odds · Population · Poverty · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies