title: Assimilation and stratification in the homeownership patterns of racial and ethnic groups.
abstract: "This study investigates homeownership differences among twelve racial/ethnic groups using the [U.S.] Public Use Sample data (PUMS) of the 1980 census.... The study identifies a number of differences among non-Hispanic whites, blacks, American Indians, and Asian and Hispanic groups in access to homeownership.... For every group there is a strong correspondence between homeownership and various individual-level factors: age, household composition, socioeconomic position and language acculturation.  The observed differences in ownership are substantially attenuated when group differences in some of these variables are controlled."
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Alba
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D006798:Housing; D007182:Income; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012922:Social Change; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Acculturation; Age Factors; Americas; Comparative Studies; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Geographic Factors; Housing; Income; Intermediate Variables; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Social Change; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Studies; United States