Entry:

Feigelman, William and Gorman, Bernard, S., "Blacks Who Live Near Whites: 1982 and 1987" Sociology and Social Research, 74 (July, 1990), 202-207.


Abstract:

Despite the persistence of segregation, more Blacks were living on the same block as whites in 1987 than in 1982. Blacks living near whites were younger, had higher prestige jobs, had fewer children on average, better educated, wealthier, upwardly mobile, and not living in a rural setting.

GSS Years:

1982, 1987

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

RACLIVE

ANY OPP. RACE IN NEIGHBORHOOD

RACCLOS

ANY OPP. RACE LIVING CLOSE TO R

RACDIS

HOW FAR ARE CLOSEST OPP. RACE

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

PRESTIGE

RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970)

DEGREE

RS HIGHEST DEGREE

XNORCSIZ

EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

EARNRS

HOW MANY IN FAMILY EARNED MONEY

CHILDS

NUMBER OF CHILDREN

SIZE

SIZE OF PLACE IN 1000S

RACINTEG

WILL NEIGHBORHOOD BECOME ALL BLACK

HOMPOP

NUMBER OF PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD

INCOM16

RS FAMILY INCOME WHEN 16 YRS OLD