Residential Segregation 11

Question 1

Adelman (2005) finds, even when middle-class blacks prefer to live in integrated neighborhoods, on average, they live in neighborhoods that are about __ percent black and __ percent white, while middle-class whites who prefer to live in integrated neighborhoods reside in neigh- borhoods that, on average, are __ percent black and __ percent white. What data does he use?

Answer 1

60, 30 - 10, 85 / MCSUI

Question 2

In 1900, whites represented more than __% of the total population of the United States, with blacks dominating the remaining proportion ( __%).

Answer 2

88, 12 (Fong & Shibuya 2005)

Question 3

In 2000, the white population had dropped to __%, while the black population remained the same at __%. Other racial and ethnic groups rose to __%

Answer 3

75, 12, 13 (Fong & Shibuya 2005)

Question 4

Black segregation from whites is ______ in cities with higher proportions of other groups.

Answer 4

lower (Iceland 2004)

Question 5

Research points out that the increase in Asian representation in neighborhoods is related to two unique patterns. What are they?

Answer 5

First, the increase in Asian immigrants contributes to a higher Asian representation in all neighborhoods, especially in existing multiethnic neighborhoods. Second, Asians are less likely to gain representation in neighborhoods close to black neighborhoods.