The immigrant household and spatial assimilation: Partnership, nativity, and neighborhood location
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Immigrant settlement patterns in Los Angeles are studied to highlight the view of spatial assimilation research from individuals in neighborhood to relationships between individuals in households in their neighborhood context. It is suggested that clustered residential partnership increases the probability of living in a cluster tract, although for some groups the effect is not insignificant.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2006
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The gendered connection between ethnic residential and labor-market segregation in Los Angeles
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A study was conducted to determine the relationship between ethnic-enclave residence and ethnic-niche employment by simultaneously controlling for the spatial and social characteristics of neighborhoods. The study finds that residential segregation plays an important role in sustaining labor-market segregation among immigrants and that gender emerges as a salient mediating factor.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2004
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The effects of mixed-race households on residential segregation
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The household-scale racial mixing affects measurements of racial segregation in neighborhoods. The mixed households hinder the neighborhood-scale segregation.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2007
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