Social Ties, Social Support, and Collective Efficacy among Families from Public Housing in Chicago and Baltimore

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Abstract
  • This paper explores the social ties and capital of women relocating
    to low-poverty neighborhoods through the Moving to Opportunity
    program and a "regular mover" group who did not.
    Findings suggest the low-poverty movers seldom made close ties
    in their new neighborhoods; they also had fewer childhood friends
    and exchanged less support than the regular movers. Many, however,
    welcomed escaping the constant exchange that characterized
    their former neighborhoods and moved to areas higher in collective
    efficacy--experiencing neighborhoods rated high in child
    supervision, facing less conflictual relations with neighbors, and
    exhibiting greater trust in others-relative to the regular movers.
TitleSocial Ties, Social Support, and Collective Efficacy among Families from Public Housing in Chicago and Baltimore
CreatorKissane, Rebecca J.
Clampet-Lundquist, S.
PublisherJournal of Sociology and Social Welfare
Academic DepartmentAnthropology & Sociology
DivisionSocial Sciences
OrganizationLafayette College
Date IssuedDecember 2012
Date Available2022-01-06
TypeArticle
LanguageEnglish
Keywordpublic housing
Chicago
collective efficacy
social support
social ties
Baltimore
Bibliographic CitationKissane, R. J. and S. Clampet-Lundquist (2012 Dec) "Social Ties, Social Support, and Collective Efficacy among Families from Public Housing in Chicago and Baltimore." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 39 (4): 157-181.
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