Living Increasingly Far Apart? A Multi-Group Analysis of Residential Segregation in Mexico City, 1990-2005

This article examines the scope and type of changes in socio-economic segregation in Mexico in two dimensions: household income (1990-2000) and head of household’s educational attainment (1990-2005). Using the properties of the Theil’s H Index, the author analyzes a) whether segregation between hous...

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Autor: Sánchez Peña, Landy
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article/1405
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/1405
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:residential segregation
multigroup analysis
urban inequality
Theil index
entropy
segregación residencial
análisis multigrupo
desigualdad urbana
índice de Theil
entropía
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Sumario:This article examines the scope and type of changes in socio-economic segregation in Mexico in two dimensions: household income (1990-2000) and head of household’s educational attainment (1990-2005). Using the properties of the Theil’s H Index, the author analyzes a) whether segregation between households in medium, low and high socio-economic strata increased simultaneously; b) which strata experienced the greatest changes in its segregation patterns and c) how they contributed to the global trend. The results reveal a greater degree of segregation between the high strata by income and educational attainment, although multigroup trends differ as a result of the dimension analyzed.