A study conducted in the late 1950s in Israel examined the optimal mix of ethnic groups in housing for maximum resident satisfaction. This follow-up study reports that similarity of ethnic background is not related to neighborhood success. (RLV)

Discusses the factors influencing the recent increase in school segregation based on findings of recent study by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University. Resegregation factors include changes in residential patterns, public-school choice, and Supreme Court decisions such as "Freeman v Pitts" (1992) and "Missouri v…

Examines changes in patterns of Black-White housing segregation in St. Louis (Missouri) between 1980 and 1988 using data from the 1988 Dress Rehearsal Census. St. Louis exhibited a persistent pattern of segregation from 1940 to 1980. Finds the city remains quite segregated compared to 1980 national averages. (DM)

Used data from 1988 National Survey of Families and Households to explore influences on parents' satisfaction with having coresident adult children; the nature of parent-child relations in coresident households; and impact of children's adult role status on parent-child relations and satisfaction with coresidence. Majority of parents were highly…

Explores ramifications of simplifying the complexity of children's living arrangements. Drawing on 1990 census data, shows that over two-fifths of children in single-mother families actually lived in households with other adults present. Claims that inaccurate assessments of household living arrangements masks the extent of a race-ethnic gap in…

Non-metropolitan population growth has received extensive consideration since it was first observed in the United States nearly 30 years ago. The emergence, weakening and selective reappearance of this phenomenon across much of the developed world has spawned a large body of applied and academic literature. Many terms and phrases have been coined…

This article discusses a class project on residential segregation in Florida's metropolitan areas for which students analyzed trends regarding African Americans relative to white populations using data from 1980 to 2000. The project provided a means of teaching the importance of geographical perspectives to nongeography students in an…

This paper explores the class complexion of the English and Welsh countryside utilising the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (or NS-SEC), as well as reflecting on the value of this classification given claims as to the "death of class" as a meaningful subject of analysis. The paper situates analysis using the NS-SEC in a…

Rising housing costs, increased homelessness, and the debate over illegal immigrants residing in publically assisted housing have renewed media and public interest in immigration's contribution to the Los Angeles, California area's problems of scarce low-cost housing, homelessness, and housing code violations. Recent data suggest that immigrants…

A study of black migration, examining the aspirations and behavior of homemakers in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan Texas, was made in this report. Data were collected from interviews with 553 homemakers. Factors examined in the analysis included type of residential area, homemaker's age, tenure status of the household, reported place of…

While there were substantial improvements in housing quality between 1960 and 1978, racial differences in housing quality, as measured by structural deficiency, crowding, and age of housing unit persisted over the two decades regardless of socioeconomic status, family composition, and geographic regions. (Author/LHW)

Explores the differences in estimating the impact of school desegregation on residential integration. Definitions of residential integration and the formulae by which they are calculated will substantially affect conclusions. (LHW)

Used data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of mature men (N=3,487) to estimate the incidence of extended households during middle age. Over the 10 years of this study, 20 percent of white and 50 percent of Black middle-aged couples were found to have formed extended households. (JAC)