Farley R
Demography. 1977 Nov;14(4):497-518.
Sociologists and urban commentators often portray metropolitan areas as highly segregated by social class and race. We measured the extent of socioeconomic residential segregation in urbanized areas of the United States in 1970, determined whether cities were as segregated as suburban rings, and compared levels of socioeconomic and racial residential segregation. We found moderate levels of residential segregation and socioeconomic groups. Levels of social class segregation varied little from one urbanized area to another and were about the same in central cities and suburban rings. Racial residentail segregation was much greater than the segregation of social classes within either the black or white communities. The extent of racial residential segregation does not vary by educational attainment, occupation, or income.
社会学家和城市评论家常常将大都市区描绘为在社会阶层和种族方面高度隔离。我们测量了1970年美国城市化地区社会经济居住隔离的程度，确定城市是否与郊区环带一样隔离，并比较了社会经济和种族居住隔离的水平。我们发现居住隔离和社会经济群体处于中等水平。社会阶层隔离水平在不同城市化地区之间差异不大，在中心城市和郊区环带大致相同。种族居住隔离在黑人或白人社区内都远大于社会阶层隔离。种族居住隔离的程度不因教育程度、职业或收入而有所不同。
