Beyond the census tract: Patterns and determinants of racial segregation at multiple geographic scales

American Sociological Review

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 766-791

  Lee, Barrett A ^a   Reardon, Sean F ^b   Firebaugh, Glenn ^a   Farrell, Chad R ^c   Matthews, Stephen A ^a   O'Sullivan, David ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; RACIAL SEGREGATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149460133     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240807300504     Document Type: Article

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