Abstract
Introduction: This study assesses the relationship between living in historically redlined communities and the incidence of violent victimization and examines differences in this relationship across race and ethnicity. Methods: Data are from the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) from Waves I (1994–1995; ages 12–17), III (2001; ages 18–26), IV (2008–2009; ages 24–32), and V (2016–2018; ages 34–44). Multi-level, within-between regression models were used to assess the relationship between residence in historically redlined areas and violent victimization from adolescence to adulthood. The study includes 8,266 participants, and data analysis was conducted in 2024. Results: Respondents who lived in redlined areas throughout adolescence and adulthood reported a 4.8% higher average probability of violent victimization relative to those who never lived in redlined areas. Respondents who moved from a non-redlined to a redlined area across waves also reported a 2.2% higher probability of victimization, on average. Although Black and Hispanic respondents were significantly more likely than their White peers to live in a redlined area and report violent victimization at each stage of the life course, the probability of experiencing victimization while living in a redlined area was similar between racial and ethnic groups. Conclusions: These findings underscore the profound and enduring consequences of New Deal-era redlining policies for present-day safety, emphasizing the urgent need to confront and rectify historical injustices to enhance contemporary safety and well-being.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 477-484 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | American Journal of Preventive Medicine |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - Oct 2024 |
Funding
Study Funding: Alexander Testa, Dylan Jackson, and Odis Johnson received financial support from the Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America (NLCHDD) via grant # R24AG045061 from the National Institute on Aging. Reed DeAngelis received support from the Duke Aging Center Postdoctoral Research Training Grant ( NIA T32-AG000029 ), as well as the Population Research Infrastructure ( P2C-HD050924 ) and Biosocial Training ( T32-HD091058 ) programs awarded to the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development . Acknowledgment: This research uses data from Add Health, funded by grant P01 HD31921 (Harris) from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Add Health is currently directed by Robert A. Hummer and funded by the National Institute on Aging cooperative agreements U01AG071448 (Hummer) and U01AG071450 (Aiello and Hummer) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Add Health was designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
