TY - JOUR
T1 - La Calidad de Vida dentro de La Villita
T2 - An investigation of factors affecting quality of life of Latino residents of an urban immigrant residential enclave
AU - Stodolska, Monika
AU - Shinew, Kimberly J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Address correspondence to Monika Stodolska, PhD, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 104 Huff Hall, 1206 South Fourth St., Champaign, IL 61820. E-mail: [email protected] This study has been funded by a grant from the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. The authors would like to thank Juan Carlos Acevedo, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVejo), La Villita Community Church, Little Village High School, City of Chicago Ward 12th Alderman and his staff, City of Chicago Police 10th District, Little Village Community Development Corporation (Enlace), and citizens of Little Village for making this study possible.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The goal of this study was to examine factors affecting the quality of life of Latino residents of Little Village - a predominantly Latino urban gateway community in the city of Chicago. Two focus groups with Latino residents and eleven interviews with stakeholders in this community were employed to collect the data. The findings show that the quality of life of Latino residents was affected by a number of interrelated factors, including environmental degradation, insufficient access to open spaces, low sense of community, fear of crime, and undocumented status of many residents. Findings of this study are discussed and a number of practical implications are provided.
AB - The goal of this study was to examine factors affecting the quality of life of Latino residents of Little Village - a predominantly Latino urban gateway community in the city of Chicago. Two focus groups with Latino residents and eleven interviews with stakeholders in this community were employed to collect the data. The findings show that the quality of life of Latino residents was affected by a number of interrelated factors, including environmental degradation, insufficient access to open spaces, low sense of community, fear of crime, and undocumented status of many residents. Findings of this study are discussed and a number of practical implications are provided.
KW - Latinos
KW - Quality of life
KW - Urban gateway communities
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U2 - 10.1080/15562940903150071
DO - 10.1080/15562940903150071
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449132351
SN - 1556-2948
VL - 7
SP - 267
EP - 289
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
IS - 3
ER -