A Temporal Perspective on the Properties of the Index of Dissimilarity

B S Morgan
Additional contact information
B S Morgan: Department of Geography, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, England

Environment and Planning A, 1983, vol. 15, issue 3, 379-389

Abstract: It is demonstrated that the index of dissimilarity ( D ), the most commonly used measure of residential segregation, is generally sensitive to the effects of population composition. D is independent of proportion black in an extreme case considered by Duncan and Duncan, but is a logarithmic function of proportion black in two other extreme cases. In the general case, D is in most instances sensitive to compositional changes. It is suggested that the nature of residential succession, in particular the relative stability of the white and black population distributions, influences changes in D . The trend in segregation in Cleveland, Ohio, between 1910 and 1970 is examined in the light of these findings. The properties of a range of other segregation indices are reexamined, and compared with those of D.

Date: 1983
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/a150379 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:envira:v:15:y:1983:i:3:p:379-389

DOI: 10.1068/a150379

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Environment and Planning A
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().