Race and gender inequality in homeownership: does place make a difference?

Racial differences in homeownership have long been a topic of sociological study. Previous studies, however, neglected to consider differences in levels of homeownership between nonmarried black and white women in the context of place. Accordingly this paper focuses on the interaction between place,...

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Published inRural sociology Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 603 - 621
Main Author Allen, B.L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2002
Rural Sociological Society
Subjects
African Americans
Black White Differences
Blacks
census data
Community Services
Departments
Economic Change
Economic geography
Economic sociology
Family Income
Family Structure
Females
Gender
Gender differences
Gender Discrimination
Gender inequality
Habitat
Home Ownership
Homeowners
Homes
Housing
Housing sector
Human ecology and demography
Human geography
Inequality
Labor Force Nonparticipants
Land Use
Marital Status
men
multivariate analysis
Ownership
Place of Residence
Public Housing
Race
Race relations
races
Racial aspects
Racial differences
Racial Segregation
Regression analysis
Rural areas
Rural housing
rural sociology
Rural studies
Rural Urban Differences
Sex Differences
Single people
Single Persons
Single women
Sociocultural Patterns
sociodemographic characteristics
Sociology
Spatial analysis
United States
United States of America
Urban areas
Urban Renewal
USA
Whites
Women
United States
United States Of America
New York
Chicago Illinois
United States > US
Spain
Rural Areas
Urban Areas
Access to property
Accomodation
Race
Gender
Inequality
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Summary:Racial differences in homeownership have long been a topic of sociological study. Previous studies, however, neglected to consider differences in levels of homeownership between nonmarried black and white women in the context of place. Accordingly this paper focuses on the interaction between place, race, and gender and its impact on homeownership for nonmarried persons. The study employs the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) and logistic regression analysis to address the following questions: Has the racial differential in homeownership for nonmarried women changed from 1970 to 1990? How do place, race, and gender interact to determine the levels of homeownership for nonmarried women? The findings reveal that, although black women were less likely than white women to own homes, the racial differential declined dramatically in rural areas over the two‐decade period. The overall trend of decline was opposite to that for urban areas.
Bibliography:An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2000 annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society. I would like to thank Cornelia Flora, Hayward Derrick Horton, Fred Lorenz, Vern Ryan, the Rural Sociology editors, and several anonymous reviewers for comments that greatly improved the manuscript. I also would like to thank the Minnesota Historical Census Project for making the data available. This research was supported in part by the RSS Early Career Grant.
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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2000 annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society. I would like to thank Cornelia Flora, Hayward Derrick Horton, Fred Lorenz, Vern Ryan, the
editors, and several anonymous reviewers for comments that greatly improved the manuscript. I also would like to thank the Minnesota Historical Census Project for making the data available. This research was supported in part by the RSS Early Career Grant.
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ISSN:0036-0112
1549-0831
DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.2002.tb00121.x