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Marshall, Harvey; Stahura, John – Social Forces, 1979
This study examines the impact of Black population size and rate of increase on White population change in American suburbs between 1960 and 1970. The data indicate that there is no tipping point. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Population Growth, Racial Composition
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Sly, David F.; Pol, Louis G. – Social Forces, 1978
The data presented in this article suggest that recent migration patterns are contributing much less to white flight than has been suggested by many previous investigators. Differences in segregation between cities are more closely related to birth rate differentials than they are to white flight. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Demography, Desegregation Effects, Migration Patterns, Population Trends
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And Others; Smith, Joel – Social Forces, 1979
Investigated in this article are several factors that affect the annexation by central cities of urbanized areas to retain decentralized populations. A multivariate model of the responses of central cities to over- and underboundedness is presented and evaluated. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Population Distribution, Population Trends, Statistical Studies
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Steinnes, Donald N. – Social Forces, 1977
Focuses on the changing of neighborhoods from white to Negro. Demonstrates statistically that distance from tract or Negro area alone cannot adequately explain or predict the racial turnover of neighborhoods over a ten-year period. Such an explanation requires considering economic and social measures of geographic mobility for white residents.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Dropouts, Models, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Zhou, 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
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Logan, John R.; Stearns, Linda Brewster – Social Forces, 1981
Examines the relationships between class, ethnicity, and the natural community life cycle and determines how these factors bear on the racial composition of suburban communities. Suggests that the variables associated with the ecological life cycle model are not significant predictors of change in suburban racial composition. (Author/APM)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Correlation, Ethnic Distribution, Ethnicity