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Mapping Social Distance

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  • Michael J. White

    (Brown University)

  • Ann H. Kim

    (Brown University)

  • Jennifer E. Glick

    (Arizona State University)

Abstract

The increasing diversity of immigrant-receiving countries calls for measures of residential segregation that extend beyond the conventional two-group approach. The authors represent simultaneously the relative social distance occupied by a wide array of ethnic groups. They use census tract tabulations for the Toronto Consolidated Metropolitan Area in 1996 and the technique of multidimensional scaling to summarize the residential neighborhood pattern of the city’s largest 50 ethnic groups. From the two-dimensional multidimensional scaling configuration, the authors find that African/Caribbean groups and blacks were highly clustered and shared common patterns of segregation with other groups. This study highlights the value of looking beyond broad racial or panethnic classifications in understanding ethnic congregation and residential segregation patterns. The results also demonstrate the merits of this method in providing a more conceptually meaningful way to understand social distance among groups.

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  • Michael J. White & Ann H. Kim & Jennifer E. Glick, 2005. "Mapping Social Distance," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 34(2), pages 173-203, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:34:y:2005:i:2:p:173-203
    DOI: 10.1177/0049124105280198
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