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Title: Education and the Changing Metropolitan Organization of Inequality A Multilevel Analysis of Secondary Attainment in the United States, 19401980

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: This study examines metropolitan segmentation in educationalattainment during the postwar era. Employing a multilevelanalytical approach with U.S. Census data drawn from IPUMS, it finds urban-suburban distinctions shifted and grew in magnitude. While students in central cities enjoyed an educational advantage in 1940, by 1980 it was suburban youth who clearly exhibited higher levels of attainment. Various explanations for these developments are considered as topics for further exploration, including the significance of suburban development in regional economic growth and the changing dynamics of racial inequality in education. Particular attention is devoted to methodological issues in conducting this sort of analysis with these data.

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Authors: Saatcioglu, Argun; Rury, John L.

Periodical (Full): Historical Methods

Issue: 1

Volume: 45

Pages: 21-40

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Other

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