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Some Further Observations on the Index of Residential Differentiation

Author(s) -

Barrie S. Morgan,

John Norbury

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061097

Subject(s) - desegregation , index (typography) , extension (predicate logic) , measure (data warehouse) , mathematics , demography , statistics , geography , sociology , computer science , archaeology , database , world wide web , programming language

The relationship between the index of residential differentiation (RDI), a recently introduced measure of residential segregation which is designed to summarize the distribution of c social groups in a single index, and the indices of dissimilarity (D) and segregation (SI) is examined. It is demonstrated that RDI is a natural extension of D, and that when c = 2, RDI = D; when c greater than 2, it is possible to stipulate RDI in terms of SI, but it is not possible to stipulate RDI in a straightforward manner in terms of D. An adjusted RDI is then suggested in which random segregation rather than complete desegregation is used as the baseline

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