New methods for measuring and analyzing segregation / Mark Fossett.
Fossett, Mark Alan, author.
2017
HD7288.75 .F67 2017
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Title New methods for measuring and analyzing segregation / Mark Fossett.
Author Fossett, Mark Alan, author.
ISBN 9783319413044
331941304X
9783319413020
3319413023
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41304-4
Published [Cham, Switzerland] : Springer Open, [2017]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxv, 334 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-41304-4 doi
Call Number HD7288.75 .F67 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.5/1
Summary This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book introduces new methods for measuring and analyzing residential segregation. It begins by placing all popular segregation indices in the "difference of group means" framework wherein index scores can be obtained as simple differences of group means on individual-level residential attainments scored from area racial composition. Drawing on the insight that in this framework index scores are additively determined by individual residential attainments, the book shows that the level of segregation in a given city can be equated to the effect of group membership (e.g., race) on individual residential attainments. This unifies separate research traditions in the field by joining the analysis of segregation at the aggregate level with the analysis of residential attainments for individuals. Next it shows how segregation analysis can be extended by using multivariate attainment models to assess the impact of group membership (i.e., the level of segregation for a city) while including controls for other relevant individual characteristics (e.g., income, education, language, nativity, etc.). It then illustrates how one can use these models to quantitatively assess the extent to which segregation traces to impacts of group membership on residential attainments versus other factors such as group differences in income. The book then shows how micro-level attainment models can be used to study macro-level variation in segregation; specifically, by estimating multi-level models of individual residential attainments to assess how the effect of group membership (i.e., segregation index scores) vary with city characteristics. Finally, the book introduces refined versions of popular indices that are free of the vexing problem of upward bias. This improves the quality of segregation measurement directly at the level of individual cases and expanding the number of cases that can be safely included in empirical studies.
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Series Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis ; 42.
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Preface
1. Introduction and Goals
2. Alternative Formulas for Selected Indices
3. Overview of the "Difference of Means" Framework
4. Index-Specific Implementations of Difference of Means Formulations
5. Index Differences in Registering Area Group Proportions
6. Empirical Relationships among Indices
7. Distinctions between Displacement and Separation
8. Further Comments on Differences between Displacement and Separation
9. Unifying Micro-Level and Macro-Level Analysis of Segregation
10. New Options for Investigating Macro-Level Variation in Segregation
11. Aspatial and Spatial Applications of Indices of Uneven Distribution
12. Relevance of Individual-Level Residential Outcomes for Describing Segregation
13. Relevance of Individual-Level Residential Outcomes for Segregation Theory
14. The Problem of Index Bias and Prevailing Practices for Dealing with It
15. New Options for Understanding and Dealing with Index Bias
16. Comparing Behavior of Unbiased and Standard Versions of Popular Indices
17. Final Comments
Appendix Chapters (A-F).

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