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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 3.

Effect of selected variables on spatial isolation in 2010 and 1980–2010 change.

Isolation in 2010
Change 1980–2010
Independent Variable B SE B SE
Structural Segregation
  Minority-White Dissimilarity 0.753*** 0.058 0.399*** 0.030
Minority Group
  Asians ---- ---- ---- ----
  Hispanics −42.769*** 5.171 −8.633*** 2.332
  Blacks −33.533*** 4.579 −15.175*** 3.315
Racial Prejudice
  Anti-Black Index −1.834*** 0.467 −0.189 0.286
  Anti-Black Index * Black 6.049*** 0.717 1.103* 0.448
  Anti-Latino Index −3.595*** 0.587 −0.458 0.354
  Anti-Latino Index * Hispanics 9.084*** 0.881 2.152*** 0.391
Zoning Regime
  Density Permissiveness 1.290 1.824 1.132 0.838
Minority Composition
  Percent Black 0.335** 0.114 0.343*** 0.105
  Percent Hispanic 0.258** 0.110 0.304*** 0.092
  Percent Asian 0.081 0.232 0.484* 0.205
Socioeconomic Status
  Ratio Minority/White HH Income −1.639 1.794 −1.007 0.761
  Ratio Minority/White College Grad −0.214 0.886 −1.499*** 0.433
  Percent Homeowner 0.000 0.114 0.216* 0.090
  Affluent Poor Dissimilarity −0.004 0.085 −0.001 0.053
Population
  Log MSA Population −0.508 0.572 −0.833* 0.329
  Percent Foreign Born 0.031 0.209 −0.085 0.177
  Percent Female Headed HH −0.051 0.480 0.250 0.173
  Percent Aged 65+ 0.101 0.210 0.023 0.172
Industrial Organization
  Percent Manufacturing −0.079 0.104 −0.032 0.059
  Percent FIRE −0.248 0.192 0.173 0.187
  Percent Education −0.003 0.156 −0.461+ 0.257
  Log Military Population 0.162 0.192 0.085 0.519
  Percent Unionized 0.004 0.011 −0.017 0.068
  Patents per Capita 0.115 0.054 0.002 0.010
Urbanism
  Percent Urban 0.115* 0.054 −0.011 0.035
  Violent Crime Rate 0.000 0.003 0.001 0.001
  Median Year Housing 0.025 0.077 −0.080 0.062
Geography
  Midwest ---- ---- ---- ----
  Northeast −1.437 1.439 1.287 0.926
  South −0.491 1.423 −0.507 0.854
  West 2.292 1.702 2.396* 1.079
  Coastal −0.202 1.389 −0.152 0.799
  Border −1.004 1.729 −2.407 1.254
Constant −45.539 151.241 167.705 120.705
N 825 825
R2 0.72 0.68
***

p<.001

**

p<.01

*

p<.05

+

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