Patterns of Residence in Poona (India) by Income, Education, and Occupation (1937-65)

An analysis of the residential distribution of socioeconomic groups in Poona(India) shows distinct patterns that appear to have largely maintained themselves over a thirty-year span. There is a graded hierarchy in the extent of residential dissimilarity as one moves up the socieconomic ladder,and segregation in residence is greatest for the highest and the lowest status groups. Unlike the situation in cities in the United States, the rich, the better educted, and those pursuing the higher-level occupations generally tend to be centralized, while those belonging to the low socioeconomic status groups are decentralized. However, the extent of concentration in low-rent areas is negatively associated with status.