Area and Health in Cities: A Review of the Literature

Mullen, Kenneth

doi:10.1108/eb013119

“…The area of residence may significantly impact health outcomes by influencing items such as healthcare access and behaviors [30][31][32]. However, until now the impact of area characteristics on health has still not been completely clear because the existing studies show contradictory findings [23].…”

Section: Domicilementioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Social Isolation on Subjective Health: An Instrumental Variable Approach

Sironi¹,

Wolff²

2018

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We investigate the relationship between social isolation and subjective health, considering that this relationship is potentially affected by endogeneity due to the presence of self-reported measures. Thus, if an increase in social isolation may impact the perception on health, alternative paths of causality may also be hypothesized. Using data from round 7 of the European Social Survey, we estimate an instrumental variable model in which isolation is explained as being a member of an ethnic minority and having experienced some serious family conflicts in the past. Our results confirm that changes in social isolation influence subjective general health. In particular, greater isolation produces a strong and significant deterioration of the perceived health status. With respect to the literature on social isolation and health, we try to advance it by supporting a path of causality running from social isolation to subjective health.

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“…The area of residence may significantly impact health outcomes by influencing items such as healthcare access and behaviors (Humphreys and Carr-hill 1991;Macintyre et al 1993;Mullen 1988). However, until now the impact of area characteristics on health has still not been completely clear because the existing studies show contradictory findings (Ecob 1996).…”

Section: Domicilementioning

confidence: 99%

Estimating the impact of social isolation on subjective health in Europe

Sironi

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,

Wolff

²

2021

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We investigate the relationship between social isolation and subjective health, considering that this relationship is potentially affected by endogeneity due to the presence of self-reported measures. Thus, if an increase in social isolation may impact the perception on health, alternative paths of causality may also be hypothesized. Using data from round 7 of the European Social Survey, we estimate an instrumental variable model in which isolation is explained as being a member of an ethnic minority and having experienced some serious family conflicts in the past. Our results confirm that changes in social isolation influence subjective general health. In particular, greater isolation produces a strong and significant deterioration of the perceived health status. With respect to the literature on social isolation and health, we try to advance it by supporting a path of causality running from social isolation to subjective health.

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“…Relationships between race, ethnicity, social class and health have been found through time, across space, and for nearly every health condition (Wilkinson, 1996; Phelan et al , 2004; Heffernan, 2002). To explain these inequalities, researchers are looking toward geography and the impacts that place has on health (Macintyre et al , 2002; Fitzpatrick and M LaGory, 2000; Gatrell et al , 2004; Mullen, 1990; Laskar, 1999). Within the field of sociology, spatial inequality is a small, but growing sub‐specialty (Tickamyer, 2000; Lobao and Saenz, 2002).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marginalization and health: children's asthma on the Texas‐Mexico border

Grineski

¹

2009

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate children's vulnerability to asthma and its relationship with marginalized locations. More specifically, the effects of zip code level social predictors on children's asthma and their conditionality on location in the Texas‐Mexico border region are explored. The border region is perhaps the most marginalized in the USA.Design/methodology/approachData for analysis comes from the State of Texas and the US Bureau of the Census. Negative binomial regression models are used to predict asthma hospitalizations using a set of social predictors. Then, interaction effects are used to test if social predictors are conditional on border location.FindingsWithin the state of Texas, location in a metropolitan area, location along the US‐Mexico border, percent Hispanic, percent African American and percent Native American are positive and significant predictors of asthma hospitalizations; social class is negative and significant. The effects of proportion of Hispanics who were foreign born, median year of home construction, and percent of homes with inadequate heating are conditional on a zip code's location relative to the US‐Mexico border, with the slopes being steeper in border locations. Findings in general suggest that locational and social factors intersect in marginalized places (i.e. border regions of Texas) to create vulnerability to asthma hospitalizations.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is conducted solely in the USA.Originality/valueAs sociologists continue to consider space as a factor in health inequalities, this paper demonstrates the utility of considering space as operating at more than one scale.

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Area and Health in Cities: A Review of the Literature

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The Impact of Social Isolation on Subjective Health: An Instrumental Variable Approach

The Impact of Social Isolation on Subjective Health: An Instrumental Variable Approach

Estimating the impact of social isolation on subjective health in Europe

Marginalization and health: children's asthma on the Texas‐Mexico border

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