• Neighborhood or School? Influences on Alcohol Consumption and Heavy Episodic Drinking Among Urban Adolescents 

      Pedersen, Willy; Bakken, Anders; von Soest, Tilmann (Journal of Youth and Adolescence;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-28)
      Little is known about the relative influences of neighborhood and school on the alcohol socialization process. Survey data from the Young in Oslo Study (N = 10,038, mean age 17.1 years, 52% girls) were used to investigate ...
    • Status discrepancy as a driver of residential mobility: Evidence from Oslo 

      Galster, George; Turner, Lena Magnusson (Environment and planning A;Volume 49 Issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09)
      Planners have long advocated for “social mix” in neighborhoods without clear evidence that such mixing is stable over time. Indeed, if some groups perceive an intolerable discrepancy between their own economic status and ...
    • Urban landscapes of adolescent substance use 

      Pedersen, Willy; Bakken, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Cities are increasingly organised according to socio-spatial divisions in which groups with similar characteristics live in the same areas. This social polarisation is associated with differences in living conditions, ...