Research Note: Segregated by Age: Are We Becoming More Divided?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2013
Department
Department of Social Sciences
Abstract
This study investigates the extent to which older (age 60 and over) and younger (age 20-34) Americans live in the same neighborhoods. It documents residential segregation by age in 1990, 2000, and 2010 at multiple scales and examines how degrees of age segregation vary across geographic space. Multi-level analysis illustrates the extent to which segregation occurs between states, between counties, between county subdivisions, and at the microscale between blocks within county subdivisions. Mapping and spatial analysis analyze geographic variation in age segregation, assessing regional patterns, and demonstrating spatial clustering. Results show that at the microscale older and younger adults are moderately segregated (at a similar extent as are Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites), and age segregation is stark in certain geographic areas that experience segregation at both macro- and micro-levels.
Publication Title
Population Research and Policy Review
Recommended Citation
Winkler, R.
(2013).
Research Note: Segregated by Age: Are We Becoming More Divided?.
Population Research and Policy Review,
32(5), 717-727.
http://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-013-9291-8
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/5005