Is Class Becoming a More Important Determinant of Neighborhood Attainment for African-Americans

Bibliographic Data

ID6404657
AuthorsL Freeman (0009-0000-0050-8478, Columbia University, New York,, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume44
Issue1
Pages3-26
Publication date2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1078087408315876
OpenAlexW2084550895
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited31

In the wake of the civil rights era, it is generally thought that the importance of class in determining social outcomes has increased. The extent to which this is true for locational outcomes, however, is unclear. This article examines how Blacks' ability to translate individual characteristics into locational outcomes changed over the period from 1970 to 2000. The results presented here show that higher socioeconomic status Blacks have more White neighbors, fewer poor neighbors, and live in neighborhoods with higher housing values. This pattern was evident in 1970, however, and appears to have changed little over time. To the extent Blacks are living in more integrated and higher-status neighborhoods, it appears to be because their socioeconomic status is improving. Their ability to translate their status into locational outcomes remained static

Class (philosophy · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Geography · Life chances · Political science · Population · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Status attainment · White (mutation · Demography · Housing Market and Economics · School Choice and Performance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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