The Internal Heterogeneity of Australian Census Units and its Effect on Social Ecological Analyses

Charnock, David

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“…When census or other units are used in social science research, the implicit assumption is that the units are internally homogenous (Charnock, 1982). This is compounded in rural regions because Census units are geographically larger where populations are smaller.…”

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Conceptualization and measurement of the neighborhood in rural settings: a systematic review of the literature

Marco¹,

Marco²

2009

Journal Community Psychology

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Interest in the effects of neighborhood context on individual wellbeing has increased in recent years. We now know that neighborhood conditions, such as poverty and deprivation, negatively impact residents. However, most of the extant work has taken an urban focus. Less is known about these processes in rural settings. Neighborhood conceptualizations, such as Census tracts and block groups, are standard in the urban neighborhood effects literature. Yet, rural neighborhoods differ from those in urban regions making it unclear how these conceptualizations would fit. This systematic review seeks to summarize how researchers have conceptualized and measured rural neighborhoods. Keyword searches were performed in a variety of databases to compile all relevant peer-reviewed articles. After examination, 19 articles fit the review criteria. Conceptualizations fell into five categories: administrative units, distance from home, town segments, local-actor mapped regions, and nongeographical self-definitions. Discussion of the merits of each for rural community research is provided. C

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Conceptualization and measurement of the neighborhood in rural settings: a systematic review of the literature

Marco¹,

Marco²

2009

Journal Community Psychology

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“…The challenge of using relatively large Census units is heterogeneity. Internal homogeneity is assumed (Charnock, 1982); however, this assumption is challenged in rural regions as Census units are geographically larger where populations are smaller. In a geographically large unit, variation will be high and variation between spatial units may be limited, contextual effects will be harder to detect, and neighborhood effects may be underestimated (O’Campo, 2003).…”

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Rural Neighborhood Context, Child Care Quality, and Relationship to Early Language Development

Marco

Vernon–Feagans

2013

Early Education & Development

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Research Findings Prior research with older urban children indicates that disadvantaged neighborhood context is associated with poorer early development, including poorer verbal ability, reading recognition, and achievement scores among children. Neighborhood disadvantage in rural communities and at younger age levels may also be related to development; however this relationship has received little examination. In this study we utilize data from the Family Life Project, a representative sample of babies born to mothers in poor rural counties in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, to address questions related to the relationship between neighborhood context (disadvantage and safety) and children’s early language development. We examine mediation of this relationship by child care quality. We also examine geographic isolation and collective socialization as moderators of the relationship between neighborhood context and child care quality. Results indicated that while neighborhood disadvantage did not predict children’s development or child care quality, neighborhood safety predicted children’s receptive language, with child care quality a partial mediator of this relationship. Collective socialization but not geographic isolation moderated the relationship between neighborhood safety and child care quality. Practice or Policy Implications for policy, practice, and future research are discussed, including improving community safety through community policing, neighborhood watch, and social networks and increasing access to quality child care.

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The urban social atlas movement in Australia

Forrest¹,

Poulsen

1986

Australian Geographer

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The Internal Heterogeneity of Australian Census Units and its Effect on Social Ecological Analyses

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Conceptualization and measurement of the neighborhood in rural settings: a systematic review of the literature

Conceptualization and measurement of the neighborhood in rural settings: a systematic review of the literature

Rural Neighborhood Context, Child Care Quality, and Relationship to Early Language Development

The urban social atlas movement in Australia

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