Moving to Improve?: A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Neighborhood Violence and Residential Decision-making among Housing Voucher Holders

《Moving to Improve?: A Qualitative Meta-analysis of Neighborhood Violence and Residential Decision-making among Housing Voucher Holders》

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关键字: crime/delinquency; environment behavior; housing; methods; policy/planning administration; housing choice vouchers; safety; disadvantage; opportunity; CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION; UNITED-STATES; MENTAL-HEALTH; LIFE-CYCLE; MOBILITY; POVERTY; CRIME; FEAR; CHOICE

作者单位: [Graves, Erin] Fed Reserve Bank Boston, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02210 USA. Graves, E (reprint author), Fed Reserve Bank Boston, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02210 USA. E-Mail: erin.m.graves@bos.frb.org

摘要: Many people poised to move through housing choice voucher programs cite violence as a primary factor in their decision-making. This study synthesizes a body of qualitative data to explore how participants recount their experiences with neighborhood violence and analyzes its relationship to residential decision-making. We find that while participants expressed a desire to move to improve their circumstances, they also recounted how neighborhood violence constrained choice by influencing a multitude of factors in the decision-making process. This shows the stress neighborhood violence places on households and how neighborhood factors constrain housing choice.