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Keywords
Social ties, social support, collective efficacy, public housing, Baltimore, Chicago
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.
Recommended Citation
Kissane, Rebecca Joyce and Clampet-Lundquist, Susan
(2012)
"Social Ties, Social Support, and Collective Efficacy among Families from Public Housing in Chicago and Baltimore,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 39:
Iss.
4, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.3704
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