This paper examines patterns of racial change and segregation over the 1990s in the San Diego metropolitan area, the city of San Diego, and the suburbs, emphasizing whites, blacks, Asians, and Latinos. Minorities contributed to all of metro San Diego's net population growth during the 1990s, with consistently high segregation levels for urban…

This study examined overall poverty concentration in the 1990s, also investigating how the composition of concentrated poverty shifted between different types of locations and by race and ethnicity, and how the changes took place. Data came from the Neighborhood Change Database and the 2000 Census. While things got better in high poverty…

In 1976, thousands of low-income African Americans, mostly women and children, began to move out of the public housing developments of Chicago, Illinois, to the mostly white middle class suburbs. These families were part of the Gautreaux program, one of the largest court-ordered desegregation efforts in the United States. This book tells the story…

Revised version of paper presented to the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 1972. (NQ)

Depressed labor force participation in the ghetto affects prime age groups more than others, due partly to residential segregation and the resultant shortage of appropriate jobs in the area. (MF)

From this survey conducted in Skipton, England, it appears that personal influence is more likely to assist recruitment in adult education classes among residents on private estates than on council estates. (Author/MB)

Frey's analysis of White city-to-suburbs movement was replicated using 1974-76 data on Black outmovement. Results indicated that low outmovement by Blacks (attributed to actual or anticipated racial discrimination against them) better explained the higher rates of outmovement by Whites than did Black-White socioeconomic differences or White…

Describes one solution to the problem of housing in later life. Findings of a descriptive study suggest that home sharing offers an alternative for a segment of the older population (N=89). Economy, companionship, and need for services are important motivating factors but most shared living arrangements are of short duration. (Author/JAC)

Describes how Blacks are still suffering socioeconomic disadvantages in the areas of jobs, income, education, and housing. After analyzing the impact of federal budget cuts, the author recommends political strategies for protecting Black welfare and social progress.

A study of lapsed and successful relationships is reported. Confirmed that friends who had chosen, after acquaintance in communal quarters, to live with one another in more personal accommodation were more similar in personal constructs. (Author)

Focuses on the need of Mexican American elderly to receive support within their family system to ensure continued familial integration coupled with support that is culturally relevant. (RLV)

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)

Data from a land-use study of small- and medium-sized towns in New Zealand are used to ascertain the relationship between official and effective density measures. It was found that the reliability of official measures of density is very low overall, although reliability increases with community size. (Author/RLV)