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The Spatial Concentration of Subsidized Housing - Poverty & Race ...

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TABLE 5.1Mean MSA Segregation Index (D)for <strong>Subsidized</strong> <strong>Housing</strong>, <strong>Race</strong>, Ethnicity, and <strong>Poverty</strong> 2000Black-Non-BlackHispanic-Non-HispanicPoor-Non-Poor<strong>Subsidized</strong>-Non-<strong>Subsidized</strong>Mean .4836 .3747 .3280 .5600Minimum .2219 .1159 .1642 .2993Maximum .8352 .7460 .5266 .7876Standard Deviation .1311 .0988 .0732 .08222 Standard Deviations Below Mean .2214 .1772 .1816 .39572 Standard Deviations Above Mean .7458 .5723 .4745 .7244Source: Population by <strong>Race</strong>, Ethnicity and Income: U.S. Census, 2000. <strong>Subsidized</strong> <strong>Housing</strong>: HUD, A Picture <strong>of</strong> <strong>Subsidized</strong><strong>Housing</strong> 2000. Segregation Index calculated using the Index <strong>of</strong> Dissimilarity (D)Segregation <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing units exceeds racial, ethnic, and incomesegregation within MSA’s. <strong>The</strong> rate <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing segregation is considerablyhigher than for Black/Non-Black (.48), Hispanic/Non-Hispanic (.37) and Poor/Nonpoor(.33). In prior studies poverty segregation has been found to be lower than racialconcentration. <strong>The</strong> considerably higher segregation rate for subsidized housing wasunexpected given the potential close relationship between poverty, segregation, andsubsidized housing. <strong>The</strong> location <strong>of</strong> subsidized housing appears to be different from(and therefore more concentrated) than poverty and racial segregation in some manner.In order to determine what might be the reason, several variables were crosstabbedwith the segregation index. <strong>The</strong> segregation index does not vary much aroundmean <strong>of</strong> 79 subsidized units in census tracts. <strong>The</strong> only exception was a higher number<strong>of</strong> subsidized units per tract in MSA’s with index scores under .40 (<strong>of</strong> which there are83

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