RELATIVE SPATIAL CONCENTRATION AMONG MINORITIES - ADDRESSING ERRORS IN MEASUREMENT

Authors
EGAN KI ANDERTON DL WEBER E
Citation
Ki. Egan et al., RELATIVE SPATIAL CONCENTRATION AMONG MINORITIES - ADDRESSING ERRORS IN MEASUREMENT, Social forces, 76(3), 1998, pp. 1115-1121
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology
Journal title
Social forces → ACNP
ISSN journal
00377732
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1115 - 1121
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-7732(1998)76:3<1115:RSCAM->2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
This article identifies several mathematical and conceptual problems w ith Massey and Denton's (1988a) Relative Concentration index (RCO). Ma ssey and Denton Proposed this index to measure the spatial concentrati on of minority groups, a dimension of segregation they identify as rel evant to their ''hypersegregation'' hypothesis. This index has also in fluenced segregation research and has been replicated in U.S. Census B ureau analyses by Harrison and Weinberg (1992).