‘It feels like money’s just flying out the window’: financial security, stress and health in gentrifying neighborhoods

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Table 1. Key terms.

Term	Abbreviation	Definition
Healthy Neighborhoods Study	HNS	A longitudinal Participatory Action Research study exploring the relationship between urban development and community health in nine neighborhoods across the Boston metropolitan area.
Resident Researcher	RR	A resident of one of the nine HNS neighborhoods who serves on the study’s research team and is involved in all phases of the research, including research design, data-gathering, analysis, and using the findings for action.

Figure 1a. Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan, Massachusetts. Credit: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Figure 1b. Central Square, Lynn, Massachusetts. 2016. Credit: Kcboling, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Figure 1c. A bus departs Nubian Square, Roxbury, Massachusetts. Credit: Beantowndude316 from USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Figure 1d. Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Credit: Gail Roderigues

Figure 2. Flip chart notes taken as a conversation aide during an interview development workshop with Resident Researchers in Chelsea, MA.

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of all eligible respondents and analytic subsample.

	All Eligible Respondents (N = 121)	%	Analytic Subsample (N = 37)*	%
Race/Ethnicity
Asian/Native Pacific Islander	1	0.8%	0	0.0%
Black	48	39.7%	17	45.9%
Latinx/Hispanic	26	21.5%	7	18.9%
Multiracial	11	9.1%	3	8.1%
White	31	25.6%	9	24.3%
Other	4	3.3%	1	2.7%
Age
18–34	39	32.2%	14	37.8%
35–54	45	37.2%	18	48.6%
55+	37	30.6%	5	13.5%
Gender
Female	85	70.2%	29	78.4%
Male	36	29.8%	8	21.6%
Household Income
$15k or less	37	30.6%	17	45.9%
$15k-<$30k	22	18.2%	6	16.2%
$30k-<$60k	16	13.2%	7	18.9%
>$60k	7	5.8%	3	8.1%
Don’t Know	4	3.3%	3	8.1%
NA	35	28.9%	1	2.7%
Children/Dependents
1–2	51	42.1%	13	35.1%
3+	29	24.0%	15	40.5%
NA	41	33.9%	9	24.3%
Moved in Last 5 Years
Yes	58	47.9%	20	54.1%
No	63	52.1%	17	45.9%
Displaced Movers
Yes	27	22.3%	5	13.5%
No	15	12.4%	8	21.6%
NA	79	65.3%	24	64.9%
Self-Rated Health
Poor	3	2.5%	3	8.1%
Fair	26	21.5%	9	24.3%
Good	44	36.4%	14	37.8%
Very Good	35	28.9%	9	24.3%
Excellent	13	10.7%	2	5.4%
Employment Status
Employed	64	52.9%	21	56.8%
Unemployed	53	43.8%	13	35.1%
NA	4	3.3%	3	8.1%
Difficulty Covering Expenses
Very Easy	10	8.3%	1	2.7%
Easy	16	13.2%	7	18.9%
Somewhat Hard	69	57.0%	19	51.4%
Very hard	24	19.8%	8	21.6%
Don’t Know	2	1.7%	1	2.7%
NA	-	-	1	2.7%
Housing Tenure
Own	13	10.7%	0	0.0%
Rent	86	71.1%	34	91.9%
Live in public housing	10	8.3%	0	0.0%
Live in temporary or transitional housing	6	5.0%	1	2.7%
None of these	6	5.0%	2	5.4%

Note: * 3 of the 40 respondents in our analytic subsample did not have 2018–19 survey data. Descriptive statistics were calculated for the remaining 37 members of our analytic subsample.

Figure 3. Results interpreted through Lazarus and Folkman (1984) stress model.

Lazarus, R.S. and Folkman, S., 1984. Stress, appraisal, and coping. New York, NY: Springer.

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