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Racial Residential Segregation of School-Age Children and Adults: The Role of Schooling as a Segregating Force

Ann Owens
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2017, 3 (2) 63-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.2.03
Ann Owens
aAssistant professor of sociology at the University of Southern California and an affiliate of the Spatial Sciences Institute, Population Research Center, and Sol Price Center for Social Innovation at USC
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    • RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION AMONG CHILDREN AND ADULTS
    • THE ROLE OF SCHOOLS IN RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION
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    • RACIAL EVENNESS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS
    • RACIAL EVENNESS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN AND BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
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