@article{ref1,
title="Quantifying Separate and Unequal",
journal="Urban affairs review",
year="2009",
author="Osypuk, T. L. and Galea, S. and McArdle, N. and Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores",
volume="45",
number="1",
pages="25-65",
abstract="Researchers measuring racial inequality of neighborhood environment across metropolitan areas have traditionally used segregation measures; yet such measures are limited for incorporating a third axis of information, including neighborhood opportunity. Using Census 2000 tract-level data for the largest U.S. metropolitan areas, the authors introduce the interquartile-range overlap statistic to summarize the substantial separation of entire distributions of neighborhood environments between racial groups. They find that neighborhood poverty distributions for minorities overlap only 27%, compared to the distributions for Whites. Furthermore, the separation of racial groups into neighborhoods of differing poverty rates is strongly correlated with racial residential segregation. The overlap statistic provides a straightforward, policy-relevant metric for monitoring progress toward achieving more equal environments of neighborhood opportunity space.<p />",
language="",
issn="1078-0874",
doi="10.1177/1078087408331119",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078087408331119"
}