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Introduction -- Choosing Bayou Oaks : are we in Pleasantville? -- Storm preparations : I had it all planned out before it even happened -- During the storm : get these babies out of the water -- Storm recovery : you can feel sorry for yourself when the work's done -- Family impacts : this past year has really been so wretched -- To stay or go : does anyone think this is crazy? -- Conclusion.

rachel tolbert kimbro on life and community in a flood zone.

Objectives. This article investigates differences in smoking and binge‐drinking for Latinos by nativity, stratified by their age at immigration, and tests individual‐ and neighborhood‐level acculturation measures as determinants of those differences.Methods. Data are from the Los Angeles Families and Neighborhoods Study (N=2,023) and analyses use multilevel logistic regression.Results. The article finds that Latino immigrants are less likely to smoke or binge drink, compared to their U.S.‐born peers, and that acculturation measures account for some of the immigrant gaps in health behaviors, although results differ by gender and age at migration. Additionally, living in a neighborhood with a high foreign‐born concentration is associated with lower odds of binge‐drinking.Conclusions. Findings suggest that both individual‐ and neighborhood‐level measures of acculturation may contribute to immigrant health behavior advantages, and that it is important to consider these relationships within the context of gender and age at migration.

Despite the recent growth in multiracial children among American children, we know very little about their well‐being. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class (N = 17,706), we evaluated the likelihood of living in poverty and near poverty for multiracial and monoracial children. Most multiracial groups have poverty or near poverty rates that are in between Whites and their respective minority monoracial counterparts, with Asian‐Whites reporting a risk of poverty equivalent to Whites and Black‐Hispanics reporting risks as high as Black and Hispanic children. Family structure and educational and occupational attainment characteristics explain some or all of the White/non‐White differentials in poverty for multiracial groups, even as monoracial children still exhibit higher risk than Whites. We consider these patterns' implications for practitioners working with low‐income families.

Using the 2002–2003 National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), we examine relationships between acculturation, migration decisions, and overweight among Latino and Asian immigrants. Pooled logistic regression models showed no evidence that acculturation and migration decisions were related to overweight among Asians, but models for Latinos indicated that aspects of acculturation (duration of US residence and English proficiency) and migration decisions (moving to find a job) were significantly associated with overweight status. However, interaction models also highlighted the gendered nature of the acculturation–weight relationship, such that country-of-origin ties can have different implications for the overweight status of male and female immigrants.

Objective. We address methodological limitations in tests of contact theory. Just as importantly, we extend its theoretical focus to behaviors. Linking insights from social and cognitive psychology with contact theory, we hypothesize that prior racial contact will have significant effects on the racial diversity of contemporary social ties. Methods. Using the 1999–2000 Lilly Survey of Attitudes and Social Networks, we conduct univariate and multivariate analyses to test our hypotheses. Results. Those who had experienced prior interracial contact in schools and neighborhoods were more likely, as adults, to have more racially diverse general social groups and friendship circles. They were more likely to attend multiracial as opposed to a uniracial religious congregations, and to be interracially married. In general, these findings applied not only to all Americans, but to whites, African Americans, and Hispanics separately. They did not apply to Asians. Conclusions. Contact theory can and should be extended, rendering it more fruitful for studying race relations. Except when groups are an extremely small percentage of the population, even limited prior contact in multiracial settings appears to have important effects on contemporary social ties. These findings have important policy implications.

We address methodological limitations in tests of contact theory. Just as importantly, we extend its theoretical focus to behaviors. Linking insights from social & cognitive psychology with contact theory, we hypothesize that prior racial contact will have significant effects on the racial diversity of contemporary social ties. Using the 1999-2000 Lilly Survey of Attitudes & Social Networks, we conduct univariate & multivariate analyses to test our hypotheses. Those who had experienced prior interracial contact in schools & neighborhoods were more likely, as adults, to have more racially diverse general social groups & friendship circles. They were more likely to attend multiracial as opposed to uniracial religious congregations, & to be interracially married. In general, these findings applied not only to all Americans, but to whites, African Americans, & Hispanics separately. They did not apply to Asians. Contact theory can & should be extended, rendering it more fruitful for studying race relations. Except when groups are an extremely small percentage of the population, even limited prior contact in multiracial settings appears to have important effects on contemporary social ties. These findings have important policy implications. 3 Tables, 53 References. Adapted from the source document.