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Title: Race, Location, and Access to Employment in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Publication Year: 2010
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Abstract: Differences in the residential , employment, and household characteristics of African Americans and European Americans as well as racial differences in the journey to work are well documented. There are many studies about the commuting behavior of non-whites, but the specific impact of the exodus of jobs to suburban locations on African American men and women who live in inner cities is still widely debated. An earlier study of Buffalo, N.Y. which, examined racial differences in commuting focused only on women (Johnston-Anumonwo, 1995); and in a follow-up study, men were included in the analysis (Johnston-Anumonwo , 1997). The purpose of the present study then is to examine the question of racial differences in locational access to j obs in Buffalo, N.Y. by presenting new data for the year 2000. The study retains the critical inquiry on whether suburban employment imposes longer commute times on African Americans than on European Americans. The results strongly complement those for 1990 and also 1980 by highlighting the fact that many African American men and women continue to endure relatively long commutes to get to work in spite of transportation, locational, and socioeconomic hindrances. Following a review of the background literature of the journey to work for African Americans , a brief description of the study area and data is provided, and then the findings are presented followed by the conclusions reached.
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Authors: Johnston-Anumonwo, Ibipo; Sultana, Selima
Editors: Frazer, John W.; Tettey-Fio, Eugene L.
Pages: 119-130
Volume Title: Race, Ethnicity and Place in a Changing America
Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
Publisher Location: Binghamton, NY
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage, Housing and Segregation, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity
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