A technique for measuring the effect of economic base on opportunity for blacks.
An assessment of the occupational opportunities for selected groups of in-migrants (i.e., Negroes) requires a technique which controls for effects of both national and local employment patterns. We suggest a measure based upon the location quotient and referred to as the "differential opportunity ratio" as a method which provides the necessary controls. It is applicable in the comparative studies of cities and in analyses of other population groups for which data are available.
D001741:Black or African American; D003120:Colorado; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D009790:Occupations; D014171:Transients and Migrants