Research Article

Neighborhood Social Capital, Neighborhood Disadvantage, and Change of Neighborhood as Predictors of School Readiness

Table 3

Predicting the odds that a child made a residential move between age 1 and age 5 years.

Moved between cycles 3 and 4 Moved between cycles 3 and 5 Moved between cycles 4 and 5
Odds ratio Odds ratio Odds ratio 

Origin neighbourhood properties
 Aggregated neighbours score0.0000.80.0000.80.0000.8
 Child was in a poor neighbourhood0.6840.90.7171.10.2750.7
 2001 census prop not moved in past 5 yrs0.3400.60.1890.50.0490.3
 2001 Census median income0.8641.00.3371.00.5211.0
Origin household properties
 Child age in months + B500.0280.90.3991.00.0421.1
 Dwelling is rented0.0002.40.0002.50.0002.8
 Number of bedrooms0.1790.90.8561.00.8961.0
Biological mother 15–24 at child birth0.0161.60.0341.50.1901.3
Biological mother 25–29 at child birth0.0151.40.0001.80.0011.7
One parent at cycle 30.1571.40.3641.30.8831.0
Stepfamily at cycle 30.0291.80.0131.70.2291.4
One child older at cycle 30.0160.70.0010.70.4140.9
Several kids older at cycle 30.0220.60.0030.60.0730.7
None younger at cycle 30.0180.60.3750.80.7861.0
Count of occasions when child below LICO0.6410.90.7031.00.0481.3
Recoded household income0.5941.00.5831.00.1051.2
Size of settlement (ref.: over 500 K)
 Rural area0.9971.00.8821.10.6151.2
 Urban under 30 K0.9201.00.6901.20.8821.1
 Urban from 30 K to 100 K0.8731.10.1111.60.0472.2
 Urban from 100 K to 500 K0.4861.10.0321.40.0111.7
Province (ref.: Ontario)
 Maritimes0.1401.40.1731.30.2131.3
 Quebec0.1031.40.0771.40.5831.1
 Prairies0.1071.40.0641.40.0141.6
 BC0.8961.00.8080.90.7240.9
CSD used for Census profile0.9671.00.4770.80.7390.9
Length of risk period0.0011.10.2111.10.0011.2
Intercept0.3760.40.2060.00.0000.0

Followup of one-year-olds to age 5 from 1998-99 to 2002-3.
NLSCY data with longitudinal weights, Odds ratios from binary logistic regresson with bootstrap weights.