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Measuring Urban Well‐Being: Race and Gender Matter
Author(s) -
MapaladRuane Maria Claret M.,
Rodriguez Carolyn B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/1536-7150.00222
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , urbanization , race (biology) , population , diversity (politics) , geography , scarcity , regional science , subject matter , demographic economics , economic growth , sociology , demography , economics , gender studies , archaeology , anthropology , curriculum , microeconomics
Studies attempting to measure social well‐being that focus attention at national levels fail to provide insights into the actual conditions that are present at subnational levels. With increased attention being focused on the conditions of urban areas, the need for subnational evaluation is becoming more apparent. The growing diversity of the population and the increase in female‐headed households leave researchers without resources for evaluating the conditions of these groups in smaller regional settings, in part due to the scarcity of well‐being measurements at these levels. This study hopes to fill in the gap for measuring well‐being at subnational levels by estimating indexes at the county level. Exactly how the level of urbanization and social well‐being are related is the subject of our inquiry. Our estimations will focus on urban counties, with particular emphasis on the 50 largest counties. We aim to evaluate the well‐being of the general population in metropolitan areas, comparing it to those for female heads of households and people of color.