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Nonmetropolitan Residential Segregation Revisited.
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Murdock, Steve H.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1994
Analysis of 1980 and 1990 Censuses of Population and Housing for Texas found overall black-white and Anglo-Hispanic residential segregation declined substantially. Nonmetropolitan counties were more segregated than metropolitan counties in both years, but growing nonmetro places showed the greatest segregation declines. Analyses controlling for…
Descriptors: Blacks, Mexican Americans, Nonmetropolitan Areas, Population Trends
Demographic and Socioeconomic Determinants of AFDC Enrollment and Change in Enrollment in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties in Texas, 1980 to 1990.
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Effah, Kofi B.; Murdock, Steve H. – 1994
This paper examines patterns of change in the number of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan Texas counties, 1980-1990. Specifically, the paper analyzes how changes in AFDC enrollment can be explained by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and the extent to which factors explaining…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Welfare, Counties, Demography
The Effects of Population Interchange on Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties in Texas: An Evaluation of the Equilibrium Hypothesis.
Hwang, Sean-Shong; Murdock, Steve H. – 1986
To explain the migration turnaround of the 1970s, it has been suggested that the United States may be approaching an equilibrium state in the exchange of populations between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. As metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas have become more similar in population composition and industrial and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Employment Patterns, Hypothesis Testing