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Elsevier, Health & Place, (30), p. 154-164, 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.08.007

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Does poor health predict moving, move quality, and desire to move?: A study examining neighborhood selection in US adolescents and adults

Journal article published in 2014 by Erin C. Dunn ORCID, Ashley Winning, Natalya Zaika, Sv V. Subramanian
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Abstract

To date, research has rarely considered the role of health in shaping characteristics of the neighborhood, including mobility patterns. We explored whether individual health status shapes and constrains where individuals live. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health data, we examined whether 16 health indicators predicted moving, move quality, and desire to move. 3.8% of adolescents (n=490) reported a move in the past year. In the unadjusted models, 10 health indicators were associated with moving; the magnitude of association for these health indicators was similar to socio-demographic characteristics. 7 of these health-moving associations persisted after adjusting for covariates. Health was also associated with moving quality, with a greater number of past year health problems in the child being associated with moving to a lower income neighborhood and parent disability or poor health being associated with moving to a higher income neighborhood. Almost every poor health status indicator was associated with a greater desire to move. Findings suggest that health status influences moving, and a reciprocal framework is more appropriate for examining health-neighborhood linkages.