Frey W H, Farley R
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104-2590, USA.
Demography. 1996 Feb;33(1):35-50.
This study examines 1990 residential segregation levels and 1980-1990 changes in segregation for Latinos, Asians, and blacks in U.S. metropolitan areas. It also evaluates the effect of emerging multiethnic metropolitan area contexts for these segregation patterns. While black segregation levels are still well above those for Latinos and Asians, there is some trend toward convergence over the decade. More than half of the areas increased their Latino segregation levels over the 1980s, and almost three-fourths increased their Asian segregation levels. In contrast, black segregation levels decreased in 88% of metropolitan areas. Multiethnic metropolitan area context is shown to be important for internal segregation dynamics. Black segregation levels are lower, and were more likely to decline in multiethnic metropolitan areas and when other minority groups grew faster than blacks. Latino segregation was also more likely to decline in such areas, and declines in both Latino and Asian segregation were greater when other minority groups were growing. These findings point up the potential for greater mixed-race and mixed-ethnicity coresidence in the neighborhoods of multiethnic metropolitan areas.
本研究考察了1990年美国大都市区拉丁裔、亚裔和黑人的居住隔离水平以及1980 - 1990年期间隔离情况的变化。它还评估了新兴的多民族大都市区背景对这些隔离模式的影响。虽然黑人的隔离水平仍远高于拉丁裔和亚裔，但在这十年间存在一些趋同趋势。在20世纪80年代，超过一半的地区拉丁裔隔离水平有所上升，近四分之三的地区亚裔隔离水平有所上升。相比之下，88%的大都市区黑人隔离水平下降。多民族大都市区背景对内部隔离动态很重要。在多民族大都市区以及其他少数族裔群体比黑人增长更快时，黑人的隔离水平较低且更有可能下降。在这些地区，拉丁裔隔离也更有可能下降，并且当其他少数族裔群体在增长时，拉丁裔和亚裔隔离的下降幅度更大。这些发现指出了在多民族大都市区的社区中，不同种族和族裔之间更大程度地共同居住的可能性。
