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A NOTE ON NEIGHBORHOOD SIZE AND THE MEASUREMENT OF SEGREGATION INDICES *
Author(s) -
Goodman Allen C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1985.tb00315.x
Subject(s) - homogeneity (statistics) , census tract , econometrics , census , statistics , geography , mathematics , demography , sociology , population
This note examines neighborhood segregation measures with respect to size and validity. Conventional measures, while related to within‐neighborhood homogeneity, are not necessarily related to neighborhood size. An empirical test examines racial segregation for Baltimore in 1970 and 1980 using both census tract and specially formulated neighborhood aggregates. For both years, and for all measures of segregation, the values and trends are essentially unchanged by the level of aggregation.