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Income Polarization Between the Central Cities and Suburbs of U.S. Metropolises, 1950–1980
Author(s) -
Winsberg Morton D.
Publication year - 1989
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/j.1536-7150.1989.tb02082.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , polarization (electrochemistry) , geography , central city , socioeconomic status , socioeconomics , household income , demographic economics , economics , demography , economic geography , sociology , population , archaeology , chemistry
A bstract . Through an examination between 1950 and 1980 of household income in central cities and suburbs of the 37 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States. was found that considerable polarization of household income groups had occurred. By 1980 the median share of the poorest within the total households of the central cities had risen to well over double the share of the group in the total households of the suburbs. The share of the wealthiest households in the total for the suburbs rose to double that of that group's share of the total central cities households. No generalizations could be made which would explain the degree nor the rate of polarization, though a number of socioeconomic variables were tested.