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Analyzing Locational Attainments

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  • RICHARD D. ALBA

    (State University of New York at Albany)

  • JOHN R. LOGAN

    (State University of New York at Albany)

Abstract

The authors address a major difficulty associated with research on spatial processes. Although theory frequently demands analytic models that combine variables from individual and locational (or aggregate) levels, appropriate data sets are rarely available. The authors demonstrate that, in many circumstances, it is nevertheless possible to construct individual-level multivariate models by using aggregate census files and microdata samples, and they describe a method for doing so. They illustrate this method with an analysis of suburban location in the metropolitan area around New York City, focusing on two features of suburban communities-their homeownership level and median household income.

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  • Richard D. Alba & John R. Logan, 1992. "Analyzing Locational Attainments," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 20(3), pages 367-397, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:20:y:1992:i:3:p:367-397
    DOI: 10.1177/0049124192020003005
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    1. Ross W. Fineman, 2020. "The Shortest Path Isolation Index: A New Measure for Individual-level Residential Segregation," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 49(3), pages 742-777, August.
    2. Hou, Feng & Myles, John, 2003. "Neighbourhood Attainment and Residential Segregation Among Toronto's Visible Minorities," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2003206e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
    3. John R. Logan & Weiwei Zhang & Richard Turner & Allison Shertzer, 2015. "Creating the Black Ghetto," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 660(1), pages 18-35, July.
    4. Fahui Wang, 2001. "Explaining Intraurban Variations of Commuting by Job Proximity and Workers' Characteristics," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 28(2), pages 169-182, April.
    5. Rachael A. Woldoff, 2008. "Wealth, Human Capital and Family across Racial/Ethnic Groups: Integrating Models of Wealth and Locational Attainment," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 45(3), pages 527-551, March.
    6. Wen-Hao Chen & John Myles & Garnett Picot, 2012. "Why Have Poorer Neighbourhoods Stagnated Economically while the Richer Have Flourished? Neighbourhood Income Inequality in Canadian Cities," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 49(4), pages 877-896, March.
    7. Mary J. Fischer & Jacob S. Rugh, 2018. "Military Veterans and Neighborhood Racial Integration: VA Mortgage Lending Across Three Eras," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 37(4), pages 569-589, August.
    8. Amy Spring & Elizabeth Ackert & Kyle Crowder & Scott J. South, 2017. "Influence of Proximity to Kin on Residential Mobility and Destination Choice: Examining Local Movers in Metropolitan Areas," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 54(4), pages 1277-1304, August.
    9. Casey J. Dawkins, 2005. "Evidence on the Intergenerational Persistence of Residential Segregation by Race," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 42(3), pages 545-555, March.
    10. John R. Logan & Hyoung-jin Shin, 2016. "Birds of a Feather: Social Bases of Neighborhood Formation in Newark, New Jersey, 1880," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 53(4), pages 1085-1108, August.
    11. Amber Fox Crowell & Mark Fossett, 2016. "White-Latino Residential Attainments And Segregation In Six Cities: Assessing The Role Of Micro-Level Factors," Working Papers 16-51, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    12. John Logan & Richard Alba & Tom McNulty & Brian Fisher, 1996. "Making a place in the metropolis: Locational attainment in cities and suburbs," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 33(4), pages 443-453, November.
    13. Erin York Cornwell & Matthew Hall, 2017. "Neighborhood Problems across the Rural-Urban Continuum: Geographic Trends and Racial and Ethnic Disparities," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 672(1), pages 238-256, July.
    14. Dawkins, Casey J., 2005. "Tiebout choice and residential segregation by race in US metropolitan areas, 1980-2000," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(6), pages 734-755, November.

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