@article{ref1,
title="Impact of ancestry categorisations on residential segregation measures using Swedish register data",
journal="Scandinavian journal of public health",
year="2017",
author="Jarvis, Benjamin and Kawalerowicz, Juta and Valdez, Sarah",
volume="45",
number="17",
pages="62-65",
abstract="AIM: Country-of-birth data contained in registers are often aggregated to create broad ancestry group categories. We examine how measures of residential segregation vary according to levels of aggregation. <br><br>METHOD: We use Swedish register data to calculate pairwise dissimilarity indices from 1990 to 2012 for ancestry groups defined at four nested levels of aggregation: (1) micro-groups containing 50 categories, (2) meso-groups containing 16 categories, (3) macro-groups containing six categories and (4) a broad Western/non-Western binary. <br><br>RESULTS: We find variation in segregation levels between ancestry groups that is obscured by data aggregation. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that the practice of aggregating country-of-birth statistics in register data can hinder the ability to identify highly segregated groups and therefore design effective policy to remedy both intergroup and intergenerational inequalities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1403-4948",
doi="10.1177/1403494817702341",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494817702341"
}