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Title: Segregation, Turnover, and Neighborhood Connections: Assessing The Role of Family Structure
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: The main objective of this dissertation is to examine patterns of residential segregation, housing turnover, and neighborhood connection by race/ethnicity and family structure. Only two studies have examined residential outcomes by family structure, and both of these studies have focused on residential segregation and use cross-sectional data from the 2000 Decennial Census (Iceland et al. 2010; Marsh and Iceland 2010). In order to address these limitations, the current study asks two main research questions, (1) does family structure have a relationship with residential outcomes (residential segregation, housing turnover, and neighborhood connection) over and above race/ethnicity? And (2) does family structure have a relationship with residential outcomes (residential segregation, housing turnover, and neighborhood connection) in conjunction with race/ethnicity? To address these questions, I perform three sets of analyses. The first uses the 1990, 2000, and 2010 Decennial Census data and 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS) data drawn from the Neighborhood Change Database (NCDB) and the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) to examine residential segregation between white, black, and Hispanic married-couple and female-headed families conducting . . .
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Authors: Wynn, Colleen, E
Institution: State University of New York
Department: Sociology
Advisor: Samantha Friedman
Degree: Ph.D
Publisher Location: Albany, New York
Pages: 355
Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS
Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other
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