Residential Distribution and Stratification, 1950-1960

A replication in space and extension in time of the Duncans' analysis of the relationship between occupational stratification and residential distribution in Chicago, 1950, was undertaken by using Cleveland data for 1950 and 1960. The rank-order correlations between Chicago and Cleveland for 1950 for indexes of segregation, dissimilarity, centralization, and low-rent concentration range from .88 through .97. The p's for Cleveland for 1950 and 1960 for the indexes range from .93 for low-rent concentration through .95 for the others. Not only are the patterns similar, but the magnitudes of the index values are also quite similar for both intercity and intracity comparisons.