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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Hist. 2020 Jan 20;44(1):19–55. doi: 10.1017/ssh.2019.46

Table 3.

Metropolitan-level dissimilarity index and isolation index in 2000 by second-generation migration status (OLS regressions)

(1) Dissimilarity in 2000 (2) Dissimilarity in 2000 (3) Dissimilarity in 2000 (4) Dissimilarity in 2000 (5) Isolation in 2000 (6) Isolation in 2000 (7) Isolation in 2000 (8) Isolation in 2000
Migration Status
 Northern stayers Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Southern stayers −0.0620*** −0.0622*** −0.0566*** −0.0604*** −0.0041 −0.0367*** −0.0298*** −0.0310***
(0.0028) (0.0027) (0.0027) (0.0029) (0.0040) (0.0037) (0.0037) (0.0038)
 Southern-born movers −0.0096* −0.0118** −0.0177*** −0.0242*** 0.0112 0.0032 −0.0054 −0.0080
(0.0053) (0.0051) (0.0051) (0.0054) (0.0070) (0.0063) (0.0063) (0.0064)
 Northern-born movers 0.0117*** 0.0083*** 0.0025 0.0014 0.0242*** 0.0197*** 0.0115*** 0.0114***
(0.0032) (0.0030) (0.0030) (0.0032) (0.0046) (0.0041) (0.0041) (0.0041)
Contextual Characteristics
 Population (in 10,000s), 2000 0.0001*** 0.0001*** 0.0001*** −0.0004*** −0.0003*** −0.0004***
(0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000)
 Black pop. (in 10,000s), 2000 0.0008*** 0.0007*** 0.0010*** 0.0035*** 0.0034*** 0.0035***
(0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0000)
Family Characteristics, 1940
 Metro area, 1940 0.0180*** 0.0236*** 0.0262*** 0.0285***
(0.0011) (0.0011) (0.0013) (0.0013)
Owned home, 1940 −0.0048*** −0.0027** −0.0039*** −0.0026*
(0.0012) (0.0012) (0.0013) (0.0014)
 Highest parent grade −0.0007*** −0.0004** −0.0013*** −0.0009***
(0.0002) (0.0002) (0.0002) (0.0002)
 Highest parent occupation score 0.0054*** 0.0057*** 0.0060*** 0.0066***
(0.0011) (0.0011) (0.0013) (0.0013)
Individual Characteristics, 2000
 Male −0.0028*** −0.0033***
(0.0010) (0.0012)
 Age 0.0018 0.0021
(0.0025) (0.0030)
 Age-squared −0.0000 −0.0000
(0.0000) (0.0000)
 Years of education −0.0007*** −0.0009***
(0.0001) (0.0002)
 Logged individual income −0.0020*** −0.0029***
(0.0005) (0.0006)
 Live in different state 0.0296*** 0.0106***
(0.0011) (0.0013)
 Married −0.0049*** −0.0046***
(0.0010) (0.0011)
 Constant 0.6123*** 0.5769*** 0.5580*** 0.5115*** 0.3521*** 0.3367*** 0.3170*** 0.2710***
(0.0027) (0.0027) (0.0042) (0.0870) (0.0040) (0.0037) (0.0053) (0.1011)
 Observations 49,642 49,642 49,642 49,642 49,642 49,642 49,642 49,642
 Adjusted R-Square 0.0463 0.1372 0.1428 0.1584 0.0037 0.2328 0.2403 0.2433

Source: 1940 Census data linked to 2000 Census data.

Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses.

***

p < 0.01

**

p < 0.05.