Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban Rings

The present study examines inner and outer suburban ring attainment outcomes among racial and ethnic groups that reside in the nation’s metropolitan areas. The main objective is to evaluate the extent to which the relationship between racial and ethnic group’s socioeconomic statu...

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Main Author: Grigoris Argeros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/11/229
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description The present study examines inner and outer suburban ring attainment outcomes among racial and ethnic groups that reside in the nation’s metropolitan areas. The main objective is to evaluate the extent to which the relationship between racial and ethnic group’s socioeconomic status characteristics and residence between inner and outer suburban rings conforms to the tenets of the spatial assimilation model. Using micro-level data from the five-year 2012⁻2016 American Community Survey, the author calculates binomial logistic regression models to determine the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and other relevant predictors on residence within the nation’s metropolitan area’s suburban inner and outer rings. The results both confirm and contradict the main tenets of the spatial assimilation model. To the extent that income, education, and homeownership are positively related to residence in both suburban rings, the findings also suggest that access to inner and outer rings is hierarchically stratified by race and ethnicity.
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spelling doaj.art-aaa1f3773ac645b6bf32c7c376e872b72022-12-21T18:39:17ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602018-11-0171122910.3390/socsci7110229socsci7110229Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban RingsGrigoris Argeros0Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USAThe present study examines inner and outer suburban ring attainment outcomes among racial and ethnic groups that reside in the nation’s metropolitan areas. The main objective is to evaluate the extent to which the relationship between racial and ethnic group’s socioeconomic status characteristics and residence between inner and outer suburban rings conforms to the tenets of the spatial assimilation model. Using micro-level data from the five-year 2012⁻2016 American Community Survey, the author calculates binomial logistic regression models to determine the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and other relevant predictors on residence within the nation’s metropolitan area’s suburban inner and outer rings. The results both confirm and contradict the main tenets of the spatial assimilation model. To the extent that income, education, and homeownership are positively related to residence in both suburban rings, the findings also suggest that access to inner and outer rings is hierarchically stratified by race and ethnicity.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/11/229suburbslocational attainmentspatial assimilationrace and ethnicity
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Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban Rings
Social Sciences
suburbs
locational attainment
spatial assimilation
race and ethnicity
title Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban Rings
title_full Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban Rings
title_fullStr Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban Rings
title_full_unstemmed Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban Rings
title_short Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban Rings
title_sort racial and ethnic group spatial assimilation in inner and outer suburban rings
topic suburbs
locational attainment
spatial assimilation
race and ethnicity
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/11/229
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