Staying or Moving: Racial Differences in Single Mothers’ Residential Stability
In this study, we investigate the residential stability and mobility patterns of Black single mothers compared to White single mothers. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1970 to 2015, linked to the U.S. Census for contextual characteristics, our multilevel linear probability mo...
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| description | In this study, we investigate the residential stability and mobility patterns of Black single mothers compared to White single mothers. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1970 to 2015, linked to the U.S. Census for contextual characteristics, our multilevel linear probability models reveal substantial racial disparities. Black single mothers have a lower probability of remaining in non-poor neighborhoods rather than migrating to poor neighborhoods relative to White single mothers. Conversely, Black single mothers possess a higher probability of remaining in poor neighborhoods instead of moving to non-poor ones in relation to White single mothers. When economic resources are allowed to vary between Black and White single mothers, even higher-income Black single mothers cannot convert these resources into remaining in or migrating to non-poor neighborhoods at the same rate as White single mothers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1f5895dec6014f17800a6e1d300364042025-08-20T02:10:24ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602025-02-0114314910.3390/socsci14030149Staying or Moving: Racial Differences in Single Mothers’ Residential StabilityRyan Gabriel0Peter Polhill1Adrienne Waite2Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USAILR School, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USADepartment of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USAIn this study, we investigate the residential stability and mobility patterns of Black single mothers compared to White single mothers. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1970 to 2015, linked to the U.S. Census for contextual characteristics, our multilevel linear probability models reveal substantial racial disparities. Black single mothers have a lower probability of remaining in non-poor neighborhoods rather than migrating to poor neighborhoods relative to White single mothers. Conversely, Black single mothers possess a higher probability of remaining in poor neighborhoods instead of moving to non-poor ones in relation to White single mothers. When economic resources are allowed to vary between Black and White single mothers, even higher-income Black single mothers cannot convert these resources into remaining in or migrating to non-poor neighborhoods at the same rate as White single mothers.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14/3/149Black single motherspovertyneighborhoodsmobility |
| spellingShingle | Ryan Gabriel Peter Polhill Adrienne Waite Staying or Moving: Racial Differences in Single Mothers’ Residential Stability Social Sciences Black single mothers poverty neighborhoods mobility |
| title | Staying or Moving: Racial Differences in Single Mothers’ Residential Stability |
| title_full | Staying or Moving: Racial Differences in Single Mothers’ Residential Stability |
| title_fullStr | Staying or Moving: Racial Differences in Single Mothers’ Residential Stability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Staying or Moving: Racial Differences in Single Mothers’ Residential Stability |
| title_short | Staying or Moving: Racial Differences in Single Mothers’ Residential Stability |
| title_sort | staying or moving racial differences in single mothers residential stability |
| topic | Black single mothers poverty neighborhoods mobility |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14/3/149 |
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