From here to there: Methods of allocating data between census geography and socially meaningful areas

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 897-920

  Saporito, Salvatore ^a   Chavers, Jana M ^a   Nixon, Laura C ^a   McQuiddy, Megan R ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Areal interpolation; Census data; Misaligned geography; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447511009     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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