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Peer reviewedSchwirian, Kent P.; And Others – Social Forces, 1990
Data for 318 metropolitan areas confirm the Burgess model's positive relationship between social status and residential distance from the urban core. Over time, all categories of metropolitan areas moved in the predicted direction of status distribution, with stronger associations for older, larger, and more industrial cities. Contains 53…
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Models, Place of Residence, Population Distribution
Peer reviewedWhite, Michael J.; And Others – Social Forces, 1993
Analysis of a public use microdata sample file from the 1980 census indicates that residential assimilation of Asian Americans was positively related to educational attainment and, to a lesser extent, to income. Although being foreign-born, nonnaturalized, or a recent immigrant were negatively related to residential assimilation, these traits were…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Educational Attainment, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
Peer reviewedPeterson, Ruth D.; Krivo, Lauren J. – Social Forces, 1993
Analysis of data from large U.S. central cities indicates that African-American homicide victimization by acquaintances and strangers (but not family members) increased with residential segregation, while poverty and income inequality were not significant influences. African-American high school graduation rates were positively related to family…
Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, High Schools, Homicide
Peer reviewedZhou, Min; Logan, John R. – Social Forces, 1991
The tendency for New York area Chinese to live outside Chinatown is related to socioeconomic status, educational attainment, marriage, and fertility. But unique characteristics of the enclave economy, immigrants' kinship ties to the ethnic community, and ethnic segmentation of housing markets also structure residential patterns. Contains 30…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese Americans, Educational Attainment, Immigrants
Peer reviewedLeClere, Felicia B.; Rogers, Richard G.; Peters, Kimberley D. – Social Forces, 1997
Low-income neighborhoods with high African American concentrations increased mortality for all residents, but particularly young and middle-aged men; Mexican American neighborhoods conferred a mortality advantage on male residents; women received a mortality advantage in neighborhoods with higher average educational attainment; and individual…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Educational Attainment
Peer reviewedMassey, Douglas S.; Fong, Eric – Social Forces, 1990
Elasticities generated from ecological regressions indicate a Black disadvantage, relative to Hispanics and Asians, in converting education and income into desirable residential outcomes in their neighborhoods. However, differences were less than those found in previous studies and those inferred from levels of segregation. Education was critical…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
