Bryn Mawr College, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-1697, USA.
J Health Soc Behav. 2010 Sep;51(3):291-306. doi: 10.1177/0022146510378241.
Studies have shown that neighborhood conditions and experiences may individually or collectively impact health. Using 38 years of longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), we clarify the relationship between child and adult neighborhood quality and self-reported adult health, using sibling fixed effects models. Overall, we find support for positive long-term health effects, both for growing up in affluent neighborhoods and for growing up in neighborhoods where one is surrounded by comparative advantage. Relative to childhood neighborhood factors, adult neighborhoods have little to no effect in almost every model specification. We find mixed evidence, as well, that these relationships are stronger for nonwhites than for whites. Our findings suggest that childhood is a critical point for intervention in the long-term health effects of residential conditions.
研究表明，邻里环境和经历可能会单独或共同影响健康。本研究利用收入动态面板调查（PSID）长达 38 年的纵向数据，通过兄弟姐妹固定效应模型，厘清了儿童期和成年期邻里环境质量与自我报告的成年健康之间的关系。总体而言，我们发现，无论是在富裕的邻里环境中成长，还是在周围具有相对优势的邻里环境中成长，都对长期健康产生积极影响。与儿童期邻里因素相比，成年期邻里因素在几乎所有模型中几乎没有影响。我们还发现了一些混合证据，表明这些关系在非裔美国人中比在白人中更强。我们的研究结果表明，儿童时期是干预居住条件对长期健康影响的关键时期。
