Mixed land use and neighborhood crime
Publication date: Available online 10 December 2018Source: Social Science ResearchAuthor(s): James C. WoAbstractThe concentration of certain land uses has been linked to crime rates; yet, it remains to be seen whether mixed land use, defined as heterogeneity among several land uses, independently affects neighborhood crime. The goal of the current study, therefore, is to build upon the extant literature by examining how mixed land use influences crime, net of specific land uses and sociodemographic characteristics. Using data on Los Angeles block groups, a Herfindahl index was constructed of eight specific land uses to cap...
Source: Social Science Research - December 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
How and why have attitudes about cannabis legalization changed so much?
Publication date: Available online 10 December 2018Source: Social Science ResearchAuthor(s): Jacob Felson, Amy Adamczyk, Christopher ThomasAbstractSince the late 1990s public opinion about cannabis legalization has become drastically more liberal, and some states have begun to legalize cannabis for recreational use. Why have attitudes changed so much? Prior research has considered a few of the reasons for this change, but this is the first comprehensive and empirically-based study to consider the wide range of potential causes for how and why this happened. We use data from the General Social Survey, National Study of Drug...
Source: Social Science Research - December 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Proximity and the principle-policy gap in white racial attitudes: Insight from views of student assignment policies in Wake County, North Carolina
Publication date: Available online 8 December 2018Source: Social Science ResearchAuthor(s): Andrew J. Taylor, Toby L. ParcelAbstractWe use a survey of residents of Wake County, North Carolina to test a proximity explanation for what scholars call the “principle-policy gap” in whites' views of government action on race. The derived hypothesis is confirmed when underlying broad views of race are represented by ideology. We show that whereas liberals are materially more supportive of racial diversity in student bodies than are moderates and conservatives, this difference is reduced to statistical insignificance as respond...
Source: Social Science Research - December 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Response styles confound the age gradient of four health and well-being outcomes
DiscussionIn accord with prior research, we recommend greater consideration be given to RSs in aging research. (Source: Social Science Research)
Source: Social Science Research - December 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
What do housing wealth and tenure have to do with it? Changes in wellbeing of men and women after divorce using Australian panel data
Publication date: Available online 8 December 2018Source: Social Science ResearchAuthor(s): Stéfanie André, Caroline Dewilde, Ruud MuffelsAbstractHomeownership, as a way to build up housing wealth, is believed to play an increasingly important role in terms of providing welfare to citizens. However, homeownership does not always act as a nest-egg; it can be a source of financial anxiety as well. In this paper we investigate how homeownership and housing wealth impact on the relationship between divorce and subjective wellbeing (life satisfaction, happiness, financial satisfaction). Using longitudinal data for Australia w...
Source: Social Science Research - December 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
