TY - JOUR T1 - How Living in the ‘Hood Affects Risky Behaviors Among Latino and African American Youth JF - RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences SP - 170 LP - 209 DO - 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.2.08 VL - 3 IS - 2 AU - Anna Maria Santiago AU - Eun Lye Lee AU - Jessica L. Lucero AU - Rebecca Wiersma Y1 - 2017/02/01 UR - http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/3/2/170.abstract N2 - Using data from a natural experiment in Denver, we investigate whether the initiation of running away from home, aggressive or violent behavior, and marijuana use during adolescence are statistically related to the neighborhood contexts in which low-income Latino and African American youth were raised. Our analysis is based on retrospective child, caregiver, household, and neighborhood data for a sample of approximately 850 Latino and African American youth whose families were quasi-randomly assigned to public housing operated by the Denver (CO) Housing Authority during part of their childhood. We used Cox PH models and accelerated failure time models to estimate ethnic differentials in the hazards and timing of initiation of these risky behaviors during adolescence. We found that multiple dimensions of neighborhood context—especially safety, ethnic and nativity composition, and socioeconomic status—strongly and robustly predicted initiation of running away, aggressive or violence behavior, and marijuana use during adolescence. ER -