Theory 5

Question 1

Researchers sympathetic to the place stratification perspective tend to conclude that, after controlling for measures suggested by the spatial assimilation model, residual racial or ethnic inequality should be interpreted as…

Answer 1

the combined effects of discrimination.

Question 2

Minority families’ decisions to trade residential integration with Whites for propinquity to close friends and extended family members, central city jobs, or more densely populated urban cores is associated with which theory?

Answer 2

preferences (Clark 1992)

Question 3

What areas of the the United States have more established residential patterns, and often have histories that included restrictive covenants and strict land-use regulations, they have higher levels of segregation?

Answer 3

The Northeast and Midwest regions (South and Crowder 1997)

Question 4

Overall city size, as well as size and growth of the minority population, is expected to be positively associated with what?

Answer 4

Segregation, because such places may have more discrimination, tighter housing markets, or larger established ethnic communities (Logan, Stults, Farley 2004).

Question 5

What components of a metropolitan area’s economic base have been shown to influence residential patterns in US metro areas?

Answer 5

On average, cities devoted to retirement and durable goods manufacturing had more, and increasing, white-black segregation, and cities with functional specializations in government, military, and higher education were less segregated in 2000 (Logan, Stults, Farley 2004).