 Measuring Urban Well‐Being: Race and Gender MatterMaria Claret M. Mapalad‐Ruane and Carolyn B. Rodriguez American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2003, vol. 62, issue 2, 461-483 Abstract: Studies attempting to measure social well‐being that focus attention at national levels fail to provide insights into the actual conditions that are present at subnational levels. With increased attention being focused on the conditions of urban areas, the need for subnational evaluation is becoming more apparent. The growing diversity of the population and the increase in female‐headed households leave researchers without resources for evaluating the conditions of these groups in smaller regional settings, in part due to the scarcity of well‐being measurements at these levels. This study hopes to fill in the gap for measuring well‐being at subnational levels by estimating indexes at the county level. Exactly how the level of urbanization and social well‐being are related is the subject of our inquiry. Our estimations will focus on urban counties, with particular emphasis on the 50 largest counties. We aim to evaluate the well‐being of the general population in metropolitan areas, comparing it to those for female heads of households and people of color. Date: 2003 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:62:y:2003:i:2:p:461-483 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Economics and Sociology is currently edited by Laurence S. Moss More articles in American Journal of Economics and Sociology from Wiley Blackwell |
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