Bucking the Trend: Is Ethnoracial Diversity Declining in American Communities?

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-139

  Lee, Barrett A ^a   Hughes, Lauren A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Census places; Diversity; Entropy index; Ethnicity; Race

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ENTROPY; ETHNICITY; RACE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921019561     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-014-9343-8     Document Type: Article

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