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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 8.
Published in final edited form as: Du Bois Rev. 2013 Oct 31;11(2):205–232. doi: 10.1017/S1742058X13000180

Table 2.

Effect of selected variables on minority-white residential dissimilarity in 2010 and 1980–2010 change.

Dissimilarity in 2010
Change 1980–2010
Independent Variable B SE B SE
Minority Group
  Asians ---- ---- ---- ----
  Hispanics −20.266*** 3.064 7.828** 2.965
  Blacks −5.523 3.333 −21.335*** 3.356
Racial Prejudice
  Anti-Black Index −0.409 0.431 −0.509 0.428
  Anti-Black Index * Black 2.096*** 0.485 1.387** 0.467
  Anti-Latino Index −0.252 0.394 −0.479 0.503
  Anti-Latino Index * Hispanics 3.384*** 0.482 1.147** 0.411
Zoning Regime
  Density Permissiveness −4.265** 1.364 −3.716** 1.145
Minority Composition
  Percent Black 0.235** 0.071 0.034 0.143
  Percent Hispanic 0.163* 0.067 −0.333** 0.120
  Percent Asian 0.301+ 0.167 0.032 0.217
Socioeconomic Status
  Ratio Minority/White HH Income −6.652*** 1.871 −3.173** 1.207
  Ratio Minority/White College Grad −0.929+ 0.874 −1.991+ 0.746
  Percent Homeowner 0.104 0.079 0.062 0.128
  Affluent Poor Dissimilarity 0.169** 0.063 −0.086 0.070
Population
  Log MSA Population 3.470*** 0.483 −0.727 0.440
  Percent Foreign Born 0.147+ 0.131 0.879*** 0.205
  Percent Female Headed HH −0.453 0.297 −0.283 0.235
  Percent Aged 65+ 0.039 0.165 −0.200 0.222
Industrial Organization
  Percent Manufacturing 0.138 0.093 0.051 0.081
  Percent FIRE 0.258 0.220 0.025 0.261
  Percent Education 0.005 0.132 0.087 0.314
  Log Military Population −0.503*** 0.121 0.677 0.780
  Percent Unionized 0.035 0.063 0.294** 0.101
  Patents per Capita −0.013 0.008 −0.003 0.010
Urbanism
  Percent Urban −0.097* 0.044 0.002 0.057
  Violent Crime Rate 0.003+ 0.002 0.003+ 0.002
  Median Year Housing −0.271*** 0.058 0.034 0.073
Geography
  Northeast 0.538 1.272 −0.638 1.172
  South 0.665 1.103 0.015 1.132
  West −4.412** 1.359 −0.391 1.338
  Coastal −0.074 0.948 −1.458 0.938
  Border 2.617* 1.214 −1.591 1.339
Constant 539.710** 111.520 −45.080 139.480
N 825 825
R2 0.62 0.50
***

p<.001

**

p<.01

*

p<.05

+

p<.10 (Note: Number of MSAs=275)