Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Prev Chronic Dis. 2022 Sep 1;19:E56. doi: 10.5888/pcd19.220033.
Community fears of gentrification have created concerns about building active living infrastructure in neighborhoods with low-income populations. However, little empirical research exists related to these concerns. This work describes characteristics of residents who reported 1) concerns about increased cost of living caused by neighborhood development and 2) support for infrastructural improvements even if the changes lead to a higher cost of living.
Data on concerns about or support for transportation-related and land use-related improvements and sociodemographic characteristics were obtained from the 2018 SummerStyles survey, an online panel survey conducted on a nationwide sample of US adults (n = 3,782). Descriptive statistics characterized the sample, and χ tests examined associations among variables.
Overall, 19.1% of study respondents agreed that development had caused concerns about higher cost of living. Approximately half (50.7%) supported neighborhood changes for active living opportunities even if they lead to higher costs of living. Prevalences of both concern and support were higher among respondents who were younger and who had higher levels of education than their counterparts. Support did not differ between racial or ethnic groups, but concern was reported more often by Hispanic/Latino (28.9%) and other non-Hispanic (including multiracial) respondents (25.5%) than by non-Hispanic White respondents (15.6%). Respondents who reported concerns were more likely to express support (65.3%) than respondents who did not report concerns (47.3%).
The study showed that that low-income, racial, or ethnic minority populations support environmental changes to improve active living despite cost of living concerns associated with community revitalization.
社区对高档化的担忧引发了人们对低收入人群社区建设活跃生活基础设施的关注。然而，关于这些担忧的实证研究很少。这项工作描述了报告以下两种情况的居民的特征：1）对社区发展导致生活成本增加的担忧，2）即使这些变化导致生活成本上升，仍支持基础设施改善。
2018 年夏季风尚调查（一项针对美国成年人的全国性在线小组调查）收集了与交通和土地使用相关改善措施的担忧或支持以及社会人口统计学特征的数据。描述性统计方法对样本进行了描述，χ 检验分析了变量之间的关联。
总体而言，19.1%的研究受访者认为发展导致了对生活成本上升的担忧。大约一半（50.7%）的人支持改善邻里环境以提供更多的活跃生活机会，即使这会导致更高的生活成本。与同龄人相比，年轻和受教育程度较高的受访者对这两种情况的担忧和支持的比例更高。不同种族或族裔群体之间的支持率没有差异，但西班牙裔/拉丁裔（28.9%）和其他非西班牙裔（包括多种族）受访者（25.5%）比非西班牙裔白人受访者（15.6%）报告的担忧更为常见。表示担忧的受访者比未报告担忧的受访者更有可能表示支持（65.3%比 47.3%）。
研究表明，尽管与社区振兴相关的生活成本担忧，但低收入、少数族裔或少数民族群体支持通过环境变化来改善活跃生活。
