TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Neighborhood social processes and academic achievement in elementary school
JO  - Journal of community psychology
A1  - Emory, Ronya
A1  - Caughy, Margaret
A1  - Harris, T. Robert
A1  - Franzini, Luisa
SP  - 885
EP  - 898
VL  - 36
IS  - 7
N2  - To examine how neighborhood characteristics influence academic achievement, data were drawn from a community survey of low-income neighborhoods and linked with data on performance on standardized testing for third-grade students attending elementary schools in those communities. Results of multilevel logistic regressions indicated that probability of passing the reading portion of the test was associated with high neighborhood expectations for educational attainment and high collective socialization. Contrary to expectations, higher probability of passing reading was associated with higher fear of victimization and retaliation. Passing rates for the mathematics portion of the test were greater in neighborhoods with high levels of collective efficacy. Neighborhood economic impoverishment was not a significant predictor of passing after adjusting for neighborhood social characteristics. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p /> 
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SN  - 0090-4392
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20266
ID  - ref1
ER  -