Three commonly used measures of segregation (index of dissimilarity, p* interaction probabilities, and the correlation ratio) reflect three conceptually distinct aspects of racial residential segregation. The results of empirical studies will depend on the measure chosen. (Author/KH)

In order to determine the extent of residential segregation among first or second generation Arabs living in and around Paterson, New Jersey, 286 families were located and interviewed. Field data were combined with statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau Population and Housing Summary Tape File 1-A. It was found that residential segregation was not…

Examines whether increased educational status and associated economic gains for black Americans have been translated into greater residential integration in Southern California. Concludes that there are only small increases in integration, but that these have been brought about by economic and educational gains. (SLD)

This supplemental report to the 1980 U.S. census presents counts of people of Spanish origin by type (Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Other) in the United States, U.S. regions, divisions, and individual states. Counts of the Spanish and non-Spanish populations by races also are provided. In addition, the report evaluates reporting on the 1980…

This compilation of selected social, demographic and economic characteristics of the Stamford population as these pertain to the current racial composition of the city's public schools, was part of a larger study of quality desegregated education conducted in the Stamford public schools. The data were derived from a number of sources, primarily…

Factors related to race, central city decline, and demographic structure are assessed as determinants of White city-to-suburb movement in 39 large metropolitan areas. Findings show that most factors affect central city flight more through the choice of destination than through the decision to move. (Author/MC)

Presents a sociological analysis of African-American population changes, based on U.S. Census data for 1980 and 1990. The restructuring of the U.S. economy and the urban redevelopment and reorganization of the postindustrial city are suggested as causes of the differentials in the African-American population. (SLD)

Demographic data based on the U.S. census of 1980 are presented and compared to data from the 1970 census. A series of charts, maps, graphs, and tables provide detailed statistical data on such things as population growth trends, population by race and age, educational achievement, number of people living alone, male and female occupations,…

Measures black segregation at four geographic levels: state, county, city, and neighborhood, from 1900 to 1990. Cross-references data from the decennial U.S. census with dissimilarity and isolation indices. Concludes that segregation patterns have consistently evolved to minimize white contact with blacks. (MJP)

According to estimates prepared by the Bureau of the Census and the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the 1982 farm population of 5,620,000, or 2.4% of the national population, continued a long downward trend. About 45% of farm residents lived in the North Central region, 35% in the South, 13% in the West,…

The available literature on white flight, or, more properly, school resegregation -- the phenomenon of white withdrawal (total or partial) from desegregated schools -- is reviewed in this paper which also reports some new research in this area. The distinction is made between those schools located on the fringes of the inner city, which first…

Between 1970 and 1977, the proportion of black children in metropolitan areas increased in all regions except the Northeast, while in all regions but the West the white population declined. Although the thrust toward school desegregation since the landmark "Brown vs. Board of Education" decision of 1954 has tended to exacerbate white and/or…