A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among Neighborhoods

We develop and illustrate a general and innovative method for describing in detail the joint distribution of race and income among neighborhoods when only coarse income data are available. The approach provides estimates of the average income distribution and racial composition of the neighborhoods...

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Main Authors:	Sean F. Reardon, Joseph Townsend, Lindsay Fox
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Russell Sage Foundation 2017-02-01
Series:	RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Subjects:	race income neighborhood composition segregation exposure
Online Access:	http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.2.02

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spelling	doaj-bddf8c4c4daa4c3599d23dde392aaed12020-11-24T21:02:05ZengRussell Sage FoundationRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences2377-82532377-82612017-02-0132346210.7758/RSF.2017.3.2.02A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among NeighborhoodsSean F. Reardon0Joseph Townsend1Lindsay Fox2Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityMathematica Policy ResearchWe develop and illustrate a general and innovative method for describing in detail the joint distribution of race and income among neighborhoods when only coarse income data are available. The approach provides estimates of the average income distribution and racial composition of the neighborhoods of households of a given racial category and specific income level. We illustrate the method using 2007–2011 tract-level data from the American Community Survey. We show, for example, that blacks and Hispanics of any given income typically live in neighborhoods substantially poorer than those of whites and Asians of the same income. Our approach provides a general method for fully characterizing the joint patterns of racial and socioeconomic segregation, and so may prove useful in understanding the spatial foundations and correlates of racial and socioeconomic inequality.http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.2.02raceincomeneighborhood compositionsegregationexposure
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spellingShingle	Sean F. Reardon Joseph Townsend Lindsay Fox A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among Neighborhoods RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences race income neighborhood composition segregation exposure
author_facet	Sean F. Reardon Joseph Townsend Lindsay Fox
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title	A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among Neighborhoods
title_short	A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among Neighborhoods
title_full	A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among Neighborhoods
title_fullStr	A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among Neighborhoods
title_full_unstemmed	A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among Neighborhoods
title_sort	continuous measure of the joint distribution of race and income among neighborhoods
publisher	Russell Sage Foundation
series	RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
issn	2377-8253 2377-8261
publishDate	2017-02-01
description	We develop and illustrate a general and innovative method for describing in detail the joint distribution of race and income among neighborhoods when only coarse income data are available. The approach provides estimates of the average income distribution and racial composition of the neighborhoods of households of a given racial category and specific income level. We illustrate the method using 2007–2011 tract-level data from the American Community Survey. We show, for example, that blacks and Hispanics of any given income typically live in neighborhoods substantially poorer than those of whites and Asians of the same income. Our approach provides a general method for fully characterizing the joint patterns of racial and socioeconomic segregation, and so may prove useful in understanding the spatial foundations and correlates of racial and socioeconomic inequality.
topic	race income neighborhood composition segregation exposure
url	http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.2.02
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A Continuous Measure of the Joint Distribution of Race and Income Among Neighborhoods

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