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Birds Of A Feather Succeed Together? Racial Residential Segregation And Educational Attainment, Keara Sternberg
Birds Of A Feather Succeed Together? Racial Residential Segregation And Educational Attainment, Keara Sternberg
Sociology Senior Seminar Papers
Is racial residential segregation or integration a stronger predictor of educational attainment? Does the racialized direction of this relationship matter? Drawing from Wilson’s (1987) social isolation theory and Massey and Denton’s (1993) theory of racial segregation and poor neighborhood formation, I propose that 1) greater residential racial homogeneity and 2) greater white residential segregation will increase average educational attainment at the county level. I analyze data from the 2016 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps along with the 5-year 2011-2015 American Community Survey, both of which yield a total population size of 3,141 counties. The study reveals that the impact of …