Summary
Study authors examined the relationship between gentrification and binge drinking in California neighborhoods. California census tracts were categorized as non-gentrifiable, stable (gentrifiable), or gentrifying from 2006 to 2015. Outcomes and covariates were obtained from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) using combined 2013-2015 data (60,196 respondents). Survey-weighted logistic regression tested for associations between gentrification and any binge drinking in the prior 12 months. Additional models tested interactions between gentrification and other variables of interest, including housing tenure, federal poverty level, race/ethnicity, sex, and duration of neighborhood residence. A third of respondents reported past-year binge drinking.
Gentrification was not associated with binge drinking in the population overall, but was associated with binge drinking among those living in the neighborhood less than five years. No association was seen among those living in their neighborhood five years or more.
Publication Authors:
- Jacob M. Izenberg
- et al