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HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 1007-1013Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.005
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Social networks; Social support; Social cohesion; Neighborhood safety; Public housing residents
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This study examined the associations between social networks, social support, social cohesion, and perceived neighborhood safety among an ethnically diverse sample of 1352 residents living in 12 low-income public housing sites in Boston, Massachusetts For males and females, social cohesion was associated with perceived safety. For males, a smaller social network was associated with greater feelings of safety Social support was not a significant predictor of perceived safety The findings reported here are useful in exploring a potential pathway through which social environmental factors influence health and in untangling the complex set of variables that may influence perceived safety. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
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