Determining Gentrification's Relationship to Birth Outcomes in Metropolitan California

There is inconsistent evidence as to whether gentrification, the increase of affluent residents into low-income neighborhoods, is detrimental to health. To date, there is no systematic evidence on how gentrification may matter for a range of birth outcomes across cities with varying characteristics. We utilize California's Birth Cohort File (2009-2012), Decennial Census data, and the American Community Survey (2008-2012) to investigate the relationship of gentrification to: preterm birth, low birthweight, and small-for-gestational-age across California. We find that socioeconomic gentrification is uniformly associated with better birth outcomes. Notably, however, we find that only places specifically experiencing increases in non-White gentrification had this positive impact. These associations vary somewhat by maternal characteristics and by type of gentrification measure utilized; discrepancies between alternative measurement strategies are explored. This study provides evidence that socioeconomic gentrification is positively related to birth outcomes and the race-ethnic character of gentrification matters, emphasizing the continued need to examine how gentrification may impact a range of health and social outcomes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Housing policy debate - 33(2023), 1 vom: 01., Seite 107-128

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Beck, Audrey N [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Kyla [VerfasserIn]
Finch, Brian K [VerfasserIn]
Gibbons, Joseph [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Birth outcomes
Gentrification
Journal Article
Low birthweight
Preterm birth
Small-for-gestation

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Date Revised 02.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/10511482.2022.2125334

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357773314