Marilyn Su
Biographic Data
| ID | 4408909 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marilyn Su |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marilyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Su |
| SIGNATURE | SU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 208 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mapping Residents' Perceptions of Neighborhood Boundaries: A Methodological Note
Neighborhood influences on children and youth are the subjects of increasing numbers of studies, but there is concern that these investigations may be biased, because they typically rely on census‐based units as proxies for neighborhoods. This pilot study tested several methods of defining neighborhood units based on maps drawn by residents, and compared the results with census definitions of neighborhoods. When residents' maps were used to creat…
Neighborhoods and child maltreatment: A multi-level study
Measuring neighborhood context for young children in an urban area
Awareness of worsening conditions in urban areas has led to a growing interest in how neighborhood context affects children. Although the ecological perspective within child development has acknowledged the relevance of community factors, methods of measuring the neighborhood context for children have been quite limited. An approach to measuring neighborhood environments was tested using the average perceptions of caregivers of young children sam…
Geographic Concentration of Affluence and Poverty in 100 Metropolitan Areas, 1990
The geographic concentration of poverty and affluence is examined for the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Concentration of poverty and affluence are uncorrelated, but metropolitan areas can be classified into five types based on six indices of concentration and affluence. The types differ significantly in their racial and ethnic segregation, the relative advantage of the central city as compared to the suburbs, and the economic inequality in the …
Community Level Factors and Child Maltreatment Rates
Mapping Residents' Perceptions of Neighborhood Boundaries: A Methodological Note
Neighborhood influences on children and youth are the subjects of increasing numbers of studies, but there is concern that these investigations may be biased, because they typically rely on census‐based units as proxies for neighborhoods. This pilot study tested several methods of defining neighborhood units based on maps drawn by residents, and compared the results with census definitions of neighborhoods. When residents' maps were used to creat…
Measuring neighborhood context for young children in an urban area
Awareness of worsening conditions in urban areas has led to a growing interest in how neighborhood context affects children. Although the ecological perspective within child development has acknowledged the relevance of community factors, methods of measuring the neighborhood context for children have been quite limited. An approach to measuring neighborhood environments was tested using the average perceptions of caregivers of young children sam…
Geographic Concentration of Affluence and Poverty in 100 Metropolitan Areas, 1990
The geographic concentration of poverty and affluence is examined for the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Concentration of poverty and affluence are uncorrelated, but metropolitan areas can be classified into five types based on six indices of concentration and affluence. The types differ significantly in their racial and ethnic segregation, the relative advantage of the central city as compared to the suburbs, and the economic inequality in the …
Community Level Factors and Child Maltreatment Rates
Measuring neighborhood context for young children in an urban area
Awareness of worsening conditions in urban areas has led to a growing interest in how neighborhood context affects children. Although the ecological perspective within child development has acknowledged the relevance of community factors, methods of measuring the neighborhood context for children have been quite limited. An approach to measuring neighborhood environments was tested using the average perceptions of caregivers of young children sam…
Geographic Concentration of Affluence and Poverty in 100 Metropolitan Areas, 1990
The geographic concentration of poverty and affluence is examined for the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Concentration of poverty and affluence are uncorrelated, but metropolitan areas can be classified into five types based on six indices of concentration and affluence. The types differ significantly in their racial and ethnic segregation, the relative advantage of the central city as compared to the suburbs, and the economic inequality in the …
Neighborhoods and child maltreatment: A multi-level study
Mapping Residents' Perceptions of Neighborhood Boundaries: A Methodological Note
Neighborhood influences on children and youth are the subjects of increasing numbers of studies, but there is concern that these investigations may be biased, because they typically rely on census‐based units as proxies for neighborhoods. This pilot study tested several methods of defining neighborhood units based on maps drawn by residents, and compared the results with census definitions of neighborhoods. When residents' maps were used to creat…
Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Child abuse (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Health psychology (2 works)