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Neighborhood Disadvantage, Residential Stability, and Perceptions of Instrumental Support Among New Mothers

¹ University of Michigan
² University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: turney{at}umich.edu.

	Abstract

Using longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing survey (N = 4,211), this study examines neighborhood disadvantage and perceptions of instrumental support among mothers with young children. The authors find that (a) living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with less instrumental support, particularly financial assistance, from family and friends; (b) residential stability is associated with stronger personal safety nets irrespective of neighborhood quality; and (c) mothers who move to a more disadvantaged neighborhood experience a small but significant decline in perceived instrumental support compared with those who do not move. In interpreting these results, the authors suggest instrumental support may be either a cause or consequence of living in an advantaged neighborhood, but in either case, neighborhood and social network disadvantages go hand in hand.

First published on October 7, 2009, doi:10.1177/0192513X09347992
A more recent version of this article appeared on November 10, 2009


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