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The question of whether home ownership is a viable strategy for assisting low-income Americans to accumulate assets is addressed. An overview of the benefits of home ownership is presented, illustrating the different use, exchange, & neighborhood values traditionally associated with owning a home. Data from the 1960, 1970, 1980, & 1990 Integrated Public Use Microdata Series are used to demonstrate how access to home ownership has affected Anglo American & African American families. The analysis revealed that racial discrimination during the 1970s prevented many African American families from accumulating the assets associated with home ownership. Moreover, the study indicated that home ownership comprises a large % of low-income families' assets regardless of race. A review of current public policy regarding the use of home ownership as a method for accruing assets revealed that home ownership programs for poor Americans will provide a variety of outcomes because of demographic factors & housing discrimination. Rather than simply support home ownership, it is concluded that low-income Americans require access to accumulating assets, sufficient housing, & decent neighborhoods to financially improve their lives. 8 Tables, 1 Figure, 1 Appendix. J. W. Parker

The question of whether home ownership is a viable strategy for assisting low-income Americans to accumulate assets is addressed. An overview of the benefits of home ownership is presented, illustrating the different use, exchange, & neighborhood values traditionally associated with owning a home. Data from the 1960, 1970, 1980, & 1990 Integrated Public Use Microdata Series are used to demonstrate how access to home ownership has affected Anglo American & African American families. The analysis revealed that racial discrimination during the 1970s prevented many African American families from accumulating the assets associated with home ownership. Moreover, the study indicated that home ownership comprises a large % of low-income families' assets regardless of race. A review of current public policy regarding the use of home ownership as a method for accruing assets revealed that home ownership programs for poor Americans will provide a variety of outcomes because of demographic factors & housing discrimination. Rather than simply support home ownership, it is concluded that low-income Americans require access to accumulating assets, sufficient housing, & decent neighborhoods to financially improve their lives. 8 Tables, 1 Figure, 1 Appendix. J. W. Parker

Intro -- American Diversity -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Multicultural Insights from the Study of Demography by Nancy A. Denton and Stewart E. Tolnay -- Part I: Population: The Initial Numbers -- 1. The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity: Some Examples from Demography by Mary C. Waters -- 2. Race and Ethnic Population Projections: A Critical Evaluation of Their Content and Meaning by Charles Hirschman -- Part II: Basic Demographic Processes and Diversity -- 3. The New Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States by Douglas S. Massey -- 4. Racial and Ethnic Fertility Differentials in the United States by Gray Swicegood and S. Philip Morgan -- 5. Mortality Differentials in a Diverse Society by Richard G. Rogers -- Part III: Life Cycle and Diversity -- 6. Housing Segregation: Policy Issues for an Increasingly Diverse Society by Michael J. White and Eileen Shy -- 7. Education and Employment in a Diverse Society: Generating Inequality through the School-to-Work Transition by V. Joseph Hotz and Marta Tienda -- 8. Ethnic and Racial Intermarriage in the United States: Old and New Regimes by Gillian Stevens and Michael K. Tyler -- 9. Sixty-five Plus in the U.S.A. by Cynthia M. Taeuber -- Part IV: Implications and Conclusions -- 10. Rethinking American Diversity: Conceptual and Theoretical Challenges for Racial and Ethnic Demography by Hayward Derrick Horton -- Contributors -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

United States. Level of segregation within education, income, and occupation in metropolitan areas.

The effect of socioeconomic status on the segregation of blacks, Hispanics, & Asians in 60 US metropolitan areas is examined, based on US Census data (1980 STF-4A files), & an index of dissimilarity is computed to determine the level of segregation of each group from non-Hispanic whites within categories of education, income, & occupation. The index is also computed separately for immigrants & natives among Hispanics & Asians. The results show that blacks are highly segregated from non-Hispanic whites at all socioeconomic levels. Hispanic & Asian segregation not only is lower at all socioeconomic levels but declines markedly from low to high socioeconomic status. For Asians & Hispanics, segregation falls from the immigrant to the native generation. The results indicate that barriers to integration persist for blacks in US society, but that processes of integration & assimilation continue for Hispanics & Asians. 5 Tables, 49 References. Modified HA