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Frank, Reanne. and Rendon, Maria. "A Tale of Two Cities: Residential Context and Health-Risk Behaviors among Latino Adolescents in Los Angeles and Chicago" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104907_index.html>

Frank, R. and Rendon, M. G. , 2006-08-10 "A Tale of Two Cities: Residential Context and Health-Risk Behaviors among Latino Adolescents in Los Angeles and Chicago" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104907_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: In the last two decades, immigrants, and particularly Latino immigrant groups such as Mexicans, have begun to fan out across the country, initiating new immigrant-receiving areas at the same time that older ones are being altered by increased immigrant suburbanization. These geographic shifts underscore the need for a more complete understanding of the role of social context in helping or hindering immigrants and their children. This analysis explores the possibility that family context and residential location directly alter the adaptive trajectories of Latino youth in two different metropolitan areas. The data for this analysis come from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LAFANS) and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN). We will employ multivariate multilevel Rasch models to estimate the effects of individual, family and neighborhood-level influences on two scales of adolescent health risk-behaviors (substance use and delinquency). We plan on leveraging the similarities between the two different datasets to determine if particular processes are unique to, e.g. Los Angeles, or can be generalized to Latino adolescents growing up in different parts of the country.

The Social Contexts of Mexican Immigrant Social Networks: A Generational Analysis with Implications for Research on Immigrant Health

Adolescent At-Risk Behaviors: A Multi-Level Analysis of Family, Neighborhood and School Factors Affecting Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes