1. Mobility Rates in Making Connections Survey Communities, Five Years Later
Kate Bachtell, Ph.D.
Catherine Haggerty
Becki Curtis

2. Background: Mobility & Child Wellbeing among Families with Children
Residential mobility impacts economic and social well- being
“Disrupts root systems” (Putnam, 1995)
Often coincides with union formation/dissolution among parents (e.g. South et al., 1998)
“Typically serves to reproduce urban inequality instead of disrupting it” (Sharkey, 2012)

3. Background
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4. Background
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5. Data Title Making Connections Survey (MC) Funding agency
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Summary
Longitudinal study of families in low-income neighborhoods in ten U.S. cities
Access
Restricted use within NORC's Data Enclave
Sample type
AP and list of focal children
Key advantages
Representation of very poor and racial/ethnic minority households
Detailed household roster information (relationship of each person to the R and FC) and linked personal identifiers

6. Data Collection Phases
Baseline
Wave 2
Wave 3
RDD
Wave 1
ACS
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

7. Current Objectives
Revisit findings related to residential mobility from the Making Connections Survey
Provide an update on trends roughly five years following the completion of the baseline survey

8. Analysis
Created comparison tables using geographic mobility data at the national, state, Census place & Census tract levels, from the 2014 American Community Survey
Calculated geographic mobility counts for MC neighborhoods by aggregating area weighted, tract level data
Created thematic maps showing the mobility rate by Census tract and highlighting those tracts that have a higher rate of geographic mobility than that of their surrounding Census designated place (city)

9. Findings: Summary
7-site average mobility rate = 23% (vs. 15% nationally)
In 5 out of 7 sites, the mobility rate of the MC neighborhood > respective rate for surrounding city*
MC Des Moines = highly mobile neighborhood in a fairly mobile city
MC Louisville = highly mobile neighborhood in a very stable city
In San Antonio and White Center, the mobility rates of MC neighborhood < the respective rates for surrounding city

10. MC Des Moines: Central DM West and Central DM East

11. Source: Coulton, C. , Theodos, B. , & Turner, M. A. November 2009
Source: Coulton, C., Theodos, B., & Turner, M.A. November “Family mobility and neighborhood change: New evidence and implications for community initiatives.” The Urban Institute, Annie E. Casey Foundation Making Connections Research Series.

12. Newspaper headline retrieved online 20 March 2017 from http://www
Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index report retrieved online 20 March 2017 from

13. MC Des Moines: Recent Mobility Trends

15. Profile: Viva East Bank
Long-standing core center of Des Moines (housing from early 1900s)
Stable in population size
Changing racial demographics
Source: Bruner, C., & Trefz, M.N. 11 April “Place, Race, Poverty and Young Children: Imperatives and Opportunities for Health Equity.” Presentation for Iowa Governor’s Conference on Public Health. Des Moines, IA.

16. MC White Center: White Center, Boulevard Park

17. Source: Coulton, C. , Theodos, B. , & Turner, M. A. November 2009
Source: Coulton, C., Theodos, B., & Turner, M.A. November “Family mobility and neighborhood change: New evidence and implications for community initiatives.” The Urban Institute, Annie E. Casey Foundation Making Connections Research Series.

18. MC White Center: Recent Mobility Trends

20. Next Steps
Continue conversations with local site partners re: components of neighborhood change
Qualitative interviews with subset of families in Making Connections neighborhoods?
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