Residential Segregation 9

Question 1

African Americans in White neighborhoods are about __ times more likely to exit the tract type than African Americans in Black neighborhoods.

Answer 1

5, White neighborhood (less than 10% of population black), Black neighborhood (70–100% Black) (Quillian 2002)

Question 2

Whites are more likely to move to what types of neighborhoods, even if the mover begins in a black neighborhood?

Answer 2

white neighborhoods (Quillian 2002)

Question 3

The probability an African American will exit their tract _________ monotonically as the proportion of the tract that is Black increases.

Answer 3

decreases (Quillian 2002)

Question 4

In the paper by Bayer et al. (2004), they find when looking at segregation at the micro-level using 1990 Census data from San Francisco that the empirical results of their analysis indicate that sociodemographic characteristics, including education, income, language, and immigration status, have the potential collectively to explain almost __ percent of the segregation for Hispanic households, over __ percent for Asian households, and approximately __ percent for white and black households.

Answer 4

95, 50, 30

Question 5

What is the contact hypothesis?

Answer 5

The contact hypothesis suggests that the level of prejudice may depend upon the extent and nature of interactions between groups (Allport 1954). Specifically, whites’ experiences with members of a minority group who are equal in status and are working toward a common goal should lessen whites’ prejudice by both directly reducing negative attitudes and weakening the majority individuals’ commitment to inaccurate stereotypes.