This book contains three studies. The first study
addresses whether neighborhood influences on
adolescent substance use are mediated through
parental and peer characteristics. The second study
compares differences in neighborhood mechanisms on
adolescent substance use between census tracts and
block groups. The third study examines whether
parenting effects on adolescent substance use vary by
neighborhood type. The sample includes 924
adolescents 12 to 14 years of age whose addresses
were matched with 1990 census tracts and census block
groups. The findings are as follows: (1)...