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Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2349–2375.
Published: 01 November 2019
... the population is concentrated in cities, large cities possess enormous social and economic influence, and cities have undergone substantial change over the past 25 years (Savitch and Kantor 2002 ). In 1990, 1 in 8 Americans—more than 31 million people—lived in the 25 largest U.S. cities. We discuss four key...
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Demography (1983) 20 (2): 163–176.
Published: 01 May 1983
.... Zero represents equal employ- ment odds for the sexes. Using this scheme, we will examine changes in the odds ofthe sexes to belong to high-status occupations from 1960 to 1970 across American cities. ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS This inquiry is restricted to 70 S~SAs of populations over 250,000 that did...
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Demography (1999) 36 (4): 553–568.
Published: 01 November 1999
... such as NAACP activism, the number of community newspapers directed at African Americans, and the longevity of a chapter of the National Urban League significantly increased migration flows. LlVIN' FOR THE CITY: AFRICAN AMERICAN ETHNOGENESIS AND DEPRESSION ERA MIGRATION* TOWNSAND PRICE-SPRATLEN Urban...
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Demography (1969) 6 (4): 473–491.
Published: 01 November 1969
..., and the Christians, tend to be highly segregated and decentralized in Poona. However, Negroes in large American cities are generally more highly segregated residentially than the Jews, Parsees, Christians, and even the depressed and untouchable castes in Poona. The American cities show an average degree...
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Demography (2005) 42 (4): 595–620.
Published: 01 November 2005
.... In the early decades of the twentieth century, immigrants and their children were the majority of the workforce in many of the largest industrial cities; in recent decades, the arrival of immigrants and their families has slowed the demographic and economic decline of some American cities. The presence...
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Demography (1984) 21 (2): 259–270.
Published: 01 May 1984
... differentiation across 124 major American cities. Using log-linear procedures, blacks, relative to whites, are much more likely to be in unskilled and semiskilled manual occupations, while whites, relative to blacks, are far more likely to be in white-collar and upper-status positions. Moreover, blacks’ denial...
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Demography (2016) 53 (4): 1085–1108.
Published: 06 July 2016
...John R. Logan; Hyoung-jin Shin Abstract This study examines the bases of residential segregation in a late nineteenth century American city, recognizing the strong tendency toward homophily within neighborhoods. Our primary question is how ethnicity, social class, nativity, and family composition...
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Demography (2014) 51 (5): 1667–1676.
Published: 28 August 2014
... data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examine the prevalence and economic value of doubling up among families with young children living in large American cities. We find that doubling up is a very important part of the private safety net in the first few years of a child’s life...
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Demography (1979) 16 (4): 553–563.
Published: 01 November 1979
...Douglas S. Massey Abstract Residential segregation among Spanish Americans, whites and blacks is measured in the 29 largest U.S. urbanized areas. Results show that Spanish Americans are much less segregated from whites than are blacks and are less concentrated within central cities. Spanish-white...
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Demography (1973) 10 (1): 1–17.
Published: 01 February 1973
...Monica Boyd Abstract The relation between career mobility and reproductive behavior is examined for five cities of developing Latin American nations: Bogota, Columbia; San Jose, Costa Rica; Mexico City, Mexico; Panama City, Panama; and Caracas, Venezuela. The data are obtained from fertility...
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Demography (2005) 42 (1): 1–22.
Published: 01 February 2005
... Purification From the Earliest Records to the Twentieth Century . New York : American Water Works Association . Blake , N.M. ( 1956 ). Water for the Cities: A History of the Urban Water Supply Problem in the United States . Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press . Cain , L.P...
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Demography (2016) 53 (1): 189–213.
Published: 21 December 2015
...Jackelyn Hwang Abstract Few studies have considered the role of immigration in the rise of gentrification in the late twentieth century. Analysis of U.S. Census and American Community Survey data over 24 years and field surveys of gentrification in low-income neighborhoods across 23 U.S. cities...
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Demography (2016) 53 (4): 1051–1084.
Published: 08 July 2016
... demonstrate much higher income segregation in American cities than French cities on average. For metropolitan areas with a population greater than 1 million, NSI is 40 % greater for American cities than French ones (.365 vs .261), and H R is 47.5 % higher (.116 vs .079). French metropolitan areas...
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Demography (2008) 45 (3): 515–535.
Published: 01 August 2008
... Development (HUD) sponsored Moving to Opportunity (MTO) program have provided an overall optimistic interpretation of the possibilities of improving inner-city lives via mobility vouch- ers and counseling. A reanalysis of the data from the MTO program, focusing speci cally on African American households...
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Demography (1964) 1 (1): 156–163.
Published: 01 March 1964
... de que este enfoque temporal puede revelar procesos generales que pueden ser comunes a poblaciones ampliamente diseminadas, las que sobre una base comparativa de secciones transversales, pueden ocupar posiciones totalmente diferentes. Census Tract Dependency Ratio American City Median Grade...
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Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1371–1388.
Published: 13 June 2019
... Americans. From 1906 to 1920, African Americans in cities experienced a rate of death from infectious disease that was greater than what urban whites experienced during the 1918 flu pandemic. 09 05 2019 13 06 2019 © Population Association of America 2019 2019 Mortality...
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Demography (2007) 44 (3): 563–581.
Published: 01 August 2007
... in larger metropolitan cities. Like their big-city counterparts, nonmetropolitan blacks are America’s most highly segregated racial minority—roughly 30% to 40% higher than the indices observed for Hispanics and Native Americans. Finally, baseline ecological models of spatial patterns of rural segregation...
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Demography (1977) 14 (2): 169–178.
Published: 01 May 1977
...Gordon F. De Jong Abstract For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans’ strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities. However, as Fuguitt and Zuiches (1975) have reported, the majority of people also want...
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Demography (1970) 7 (4): 483–501.
Published: 01 November 1970
... between the two areas are established, and an explanation is given about the particular Latin America mortality-fertility model. The effects of such a Latin America trend are pointed out, principally in relation to population growth, city growth and labor force. Hypothetical Latin American populations...
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 352–377.
Published: 01 June 1966
...Juan C. Elizaga Summary The most significant results of a survey in Greater Santiago in 1962 by the Latin American Demographic Center are presented in this paper. The population studied had slightly more than 2 million inhabitants at the time the survey was taken. A probability sample was drawn...
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