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The Effects of Using Census Block Groups Instead of Census Tracts When Examining Residential Housing Patterns
The Effects of Using Census Block Groups Instead of Census Tracts When Examining Residential Housing Patterns
Residential housing patterns (often referred to as “residential segregation” in the technical literature) usually describe the distribution of different groups across units within a larger area. To examine the residential housing patterns of racial and ethnic groups, an appropriate area and its component parts or units of analysis must be chosen. As in previous work 1, this analysis focuses on metropolitan areas (MAs) as reasonable approximations of housing markets. The second geographic consideration-the smaller unit of analysis-also presents choices. Although census tracts are most often used, this analysis examines the effect of using census block groups, which are smaller than tracts.
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