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Demonstrating How to Best Examine Group-based Segregation: A Statistical and Conceptual Multilevel Approach
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Abstract Segregation between ethnic or sociodemographic groups represents a longstanding key independent and dependent variable for the social sciences. However, researchers have only recently begun to take advantage of inferential rather than descriptive statistical techniques
in order to assess various as... view more
Segregation between ethnic or sociodemographic groups represents a longstanding key independent and dependent variable for the social sciences. However, researchers have only recently begun to take advantage of inferential rather than descriptive statistical techniques
in order to assess various aspects of segregation. Specifically, this paper shows that the multilevel binomial response approach suggested by Leckie et al. (2012) provides a particularly flexible framework for describing and explaining segregation in ways not previously possible. Taking the index of dissimilarity (D) as an example we demonstrate how the multilevel binomial response approach helps to reduce the problem of small unit bias, allows to asses segregation at different scales and enables researchers to better understand the role of individual- and contextual-level explanatory variables in shaping segregation. To this end, we employ three case studies focusing on different manifestations of ethnic and gender segregation using survey data from urban, national and cross-national settings.... view less
Keywords
ethnic group; minority; group membership; segregation; gender-specific factors; socioeconomic factors; data capture; simulation; comparative research
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
index of dissimilarity; composition; context; multilevel modelling
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 211-232
Journal
Methods, data, analyses : a journal for quantitative methods and survey methodology (mda), 12 (2018) 2
Issue topic
Comparative Survey Analysis: Models, Techniques, and Applications
ISSN
2190-4936
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed