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Ann Owens; Peter Rich – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2023
Suburbs were once a haven for advantaged, White families to avoid city life and access high-status schools. This urban-suburban divide, however, has changed in recent decades as suburban communities (and their school districts) have diversified. This study provides an updated cross-sectional portrait of recent racial-ethnic segregation and…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Equal Education, Urban Areas, Suburbs
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Frankenberg, Erica – Education and Urban Society, 2013
Inaction to address housing segregation in metropolitan areas has resulted in persistently high levels of residential segregation. As the Supreme Court has recently limited school districts' voluntary integration efforts, this article considers the role of residential segregation in maintaining racially isolated schools, namely what is known about…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Neighborhood Integration, Residential Patterns, Metropolitan Areas
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Harrington, Charlene; Kang, Taewoon; Chang, Jamie – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
This study examined need, predisposing, market, and regional factors that predicted the likelihood of individuals with developmental disabilities living in state developmental centers (DCs) compared with living at home, in community care, or in intermediate care (ICFs) and other facilities. Secondary data analysis using logistic regression models…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Minority Groups, Age Differences, Mental Retardation
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Fitzsimmons, James D.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1980
Reviews demographic trends within the United States since 1950, with emphasis on dimensions of change that have only recently become clear. Addresses the issues of employment and industrial sector growth and assesses the strength of amenity-based migration. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Demography, Educational Opportunities, Employment
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Metraux, Stephen; Caplan, Joel M.; Klugman, Dutch; Hadley, Trevor R. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This study assesses the extent of residential segregation among 15,246 people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities and receiving Medicaid (MA) in Philadelphia, and an identically sized group of MA recipients serving as matched controls. Results indicate that overall levels of residential segregation among this group were modest at their most…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Disorders, Residential Patterns, Ghettos