Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7328595 | Social Science & Medicine | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Perceptions of neighborhood disorder (trash, vandalism) and cohesion (neighbors trust one another) are related to residents' health. Affective and behavioral factors have been identified, but often in studies using geographically select samples. We use a nationally representative sample (nâ¯=â¯9032) of United States older adults from the Health and Retirement Study to examine cardiometabolic risk in relation to perceptions of neighborhood cohesion and disorder. Lower cohesion is significantly related to greater cardiometabolic risk in 2006/2008 and predicts greater risk four years later (2010/2012). The longitudinal relation is partially accounted for by anxiety and physical activity.
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Authors
Jennifer W. Robinette, Susan T. Charles, Tara L. Gruenewald,