Race or Class? Testing Spatial Assimilation Theory for Minorities in Los Angeles

• Authors: Elif Bulut
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines whether socio-economic status influences residential outcomes (e.g. proximity to Whites) equally across minority groups. Using tract-level data from 2000 U.S. Census for Los Angeles County, California, this paper investigates the relationship between high income status of a neighborhood and proximity to Whites by mapping residential distribution of major racial groups in comparison to residential patterns of affluent minorities in Los Angeles. The findings have implications for theories of residential segregation and locational attainment.

Keywords

EN

residential segregation; socio-economic status; spatial assimilation theory; minorities in the United States

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 201
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 127-141

Dates

published

2018-04-03

Contributors

author

Elif Bulut

• Florida State University