Temporal Changes and Urban Differences in Residential Segregation: A Reconsideration

Temporal Changes and Urban Differences in Residential Segregation: A Reconsideration

Discusses why the probability model of integration (P-type measure), which describes the relative isolation of groups, predicts perceptions of segregation more accurately than the more commonly used index of dissimilarity. The P-type measure is applied in a reexamination of intercity differences and...

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Published in:American Journal of Sociology Vol. 88; no. 2; p. 296
Main Authors: Lieberson, Stanley, Carter, Donna K
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 01-09-1982
Subjects:
Comparative Analysis
Racial Segregation
Social Science Research
Urban Problems
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Summary:Discusses why the probability model of integration (P-type measure), which describes the relative isolation of groups, predicts perceptions of segregation more accurately than the more commonly used index of dissimilarity. The P-type measure is applied in a reexamination of intercity differences and temporal changes in segregation between 1960 and 1970. (AM)