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New methods for measuring and analyzing segregation /

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book introduces new methods for measuring and analyzing residential segregation. It begins by placing all popular segregation indices in the difference of group means framework wherein index scores can be obtained as simple differences of g...

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Main Authors: Fossett, Mark
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, 42
Subjects:
Social sciences
Regional planning
Urban planning
Statistics
Regional economics
Spatial economics
Demography
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning
Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law
Regional/Spatial Science
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41304-4
Summary: This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book introduces new methods for measuring and analyzing residential segregation. It begins by placing all popular segregation indices in the difference of group means framework wherein index scores can be obtained as simple differences of group means on individual-level residential attainments scored from area racial composition. Drawing on the insight that in this framework index scores are additively determined by individual residential attainments, the book shows that the level of segregation in a given city can be equated to the
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(xxv,334pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319413044
Access: Open Access
Index Number: HB848
CLC: Q982
Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction and Goals -- 2. Alternative Formulas for Selected Indices -- 3. Overview of the Difference of Means Framework -- 4. Index-Specific Implementations of Difference of Means Formulations -- 5. Index Differences in Registering Area Group Proportions -- 6. Empirical Relationships among Indices -- 7.Distinctions between Displacement and Separation -- 8. Further Comments on Differences between Displacement and Separation -- 9. Unifying Micro-Level and Macro-Level Analysis of Segregation -- 10. New Options for Investigating Macro-Level Variation in Segregation -- 11. Aspati

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