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Direct linkChang, Virginia W.; Hillier, Amy E.; Mehta, Neil K. – Social Forces, 2009
Recent research suggests that racial residential segregation may be detrimental to health. This study investigates the influence of neighborhood racial isolation on obesity and considers the role of neighborhood disorder as a mediator in this relationship. For the city of Philadelphia, we find that residence in a neighborhood with high black…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Obesity, Body Composition, Females
Peer reviewedMarshall, Harvey; Jiobu, Robert – Social Forces, 1975
Using the technique of path analysis and cities as units of analysis, this study investigates the causes of black residential segregation. The data suggest that the relative socioeconomic status of blacks and black population size are important determinants of segregation. Also relevant are percent black and the relative growth rates of the white…
Descriptors: Black Population Trends, Negro Housing, Neighborhood Integration, Path Analysis
Peer reviewedWinship, Christopher – Social Forces, 1977
Shows that there are at least two different perspectives from which residential segregation can be examined. Segregation can be measured as it deviates from a situation of complete desegregation or in terms of a situation in which there is random segregation in the city. New criteria for indexes of residential segregation are developed. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Dropouts, Measurement Techniques, Racial Composition
Peer reviewedShihadeh, Edward S.; Flynn, Nicole – Social Forces, 1996
Analysis of 1990 data on 151 U.S. cities indicates that the spatial isolation of blacks from whites strongly predicts rates of urban black violence (homicide and robbery). Suggests that underlying the relationship between segregation and crime is the geographic concentration of poverty, joblessness, low job skills, low education, welfare, teen…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Blacks, Crime, Educational Attainment
Peer reviewedMassey, Douglas S.; Denton, Nancy A. – Social Forces, 1988
Evaluates 20 potential indicators of residential segregation using census data on Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, and non-Hispanic Whites in 60 U.S. metropolitan areas. Factor-analyzes the results to select a single best indicator for each of five dimensions of residential segregation. Contains 69 references and 22 statistical formulas. (SV)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measurement, Methods Research, Metropolitan Areas
Peer reviewedTolnay, Stewart E.; Crowder, Kyle D.; Adelman, Robert M. – Social Forces, 2000
Analysis of the 1970 Neighborhood Characteristics Public Use Microdata Sample indicates that recent (1965-70) southern Black migrants to the North resided in the "best" neighborhoods (less poverty, segregation, and family instability), while earlier Black migrants lived in the worst neighborhoods. Recent migrants also received the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison, Human Capital
