Residential segregation by age in the United States

Winkler, Richelle; Klaas, Rozalynn

doi:10.1080/17445647.2012.739099

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“…Studies that explore the length of time that children (Timberlake 2007) and adults (Quillian 2003) spend in various types of neighborhoods do not trace the experiences of any actual cohort over a lengthy period of time. Similarly, cross-sectional studies comparing the neighborhood conditions of various age groups, including studies of residential segregation by age (e.g., Winkler and Klaas 2012), cannot capture the lived experiences and social pathways of any real cohort of individuals. And studies of how neighborhoods themselves change over time—for example, studies of the neighborhood life cycle (Guest 1974; Schwirian 1983)— cannot tell us how individuals’ neighborhood environments change as they age.…”

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Neighborhood Attainment over the Adult Life Course

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This study uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, in conjunction with neighborhood-level data from the U.S. decennial census and American Community Survey, to examine the trajectory of individuals’ neighborhood characteristics from initial household formation into mid-to-late adulthood. Multilevel growth curve models reveal both different starting points and different life-course trajectories for blacks and whites in neighborhood economic status and neighborhood racial composition. Among respondents who first established an independent household during the 1970s, improvement in neighborhood income over the adult life course is substantially greater for whites than for blacks, while the racial difference in the percentage of neighbors who are non-Hispanic white narrows slightly with age. Racial differences in the characteristics of neighborhoods inhabited during adolescence help to explain racial differences in starting points and, to a lesser extent, subsequent trajectories of neighborhood attainment. Residing in an economically advantaged neighborhood during adolescence confers greater subsequent benefits in neighborhood economic status for whites than for blacks. These findings are used to begin developing a life-course perspective on neighborhood attainment.

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“…Although in its infancy, scholarship in age‐segregation has begun to take shape (Winkler & Klass, ). Using census data and informed by the groundbreaking work in segregation by race theorists (Massey & Denton, ), we understand now that old and young people scored high on an age‐segregation index that mirrored White‐Latino/a segregation in race indexes in other studies (Massey & Denton, ).…”

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Grow Old With Me! Future Directions of Race, Age, and Place Scholarship

Byrnes

2016

Sociology Compass

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This article reviews current theories of age and place to demonstrate a more inclusive perspective in sociology that considers race, age, and place. Scholars who study age have advanced our knowledge about what place means to old people or how environment operates in an oppressive way to aged bodies. Likewise, race scholars have advanced our knowledge about the ways oppression and White supremacy are rooted in place. Yet the two bodies of literature do not inform one another, and there are potentially dangerous gaps in our knowledge that contribute to oppression. The result is age scholarship about environment that lacks a critical race perspective and race scholarship on place that ignores the oppressive conditions of age. By reviewing these pieces, I argue that scholars must inform themselves of the ways in which we overlook important analyses and may potentially contribute to our own ageism.As a graduate student, I had the opportunity to present some very early findings of my dissertation research about age and place at the Midwest Sociological Society (Byrnes, 2007). During the question and answer period, an old woman, a Black old woman, and distinguished professor (ashamedly, I do not remember her name), remarked (and I paraphrase), I think this is the first study I have seen about old black men that did not problematize them as a body of diseases or criminals. They are a real group of people with very ordinary lives, desires, and dreams: nice work.Grow Old With Me! 909

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“…Although these data are relatively easy to collect at the aggregate level (e.g., counties), they are seldom available when studying individuals. The sociology of ageing could benefit from the collection of geospatial data and the application of spatial analysis as it can provide unique insights into the importance of space in the ageing process (Winkler and Klaas 2012). Indeed, geographic proximity plays an important role in social tie formation as well as the mobilisation of resources residing within these social ties (Small and Adler 2019, York Cornwell and Goldman 2020).…”

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Social networks and health in later life: a state of the literature

Roth

2020

Sociology Health & Illness

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Late life is a period frequently marked by decline in personal health and heightened need for social support. Consequently, the social networks in which individuals are embedded assume an increasingly central role in the health and wellbeing of older adults. In the present article, I review the state of the literature on social networks and health in later life. By drawing on insights from the sociology of ageing and the life course, I address new developments and current challenges within the field. Chief among these developments and challenges is the recognition that the ageing process does not occur in a vacuum. Rather, individuals are consistently exposed to numerous changes to their social lives which have strong implications for current and future health outcomes. Upon highlighting the latest innovations within the field of networks and health, I conclude with useful directions for future research.

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Residential segregation by age in the United States

Cited by 23 publications

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Neighborhood Attainment over the Adult Life Course

Neighborhood Attainment over the Adult Life Course

Grow Old With Me! Future Directions of Race, Age, and Place Scholarship

Social networks and health in later life: a state of the literature

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