title: The Social ecology of Madrid: Stratification in comparative perspective.
abstract: This paper examines the characteristics of residential zones in Madrid, Spain. The primary difference between zones is found to lie in a new bourgeoisie life-style dimension. Working women are found to be the best indicator of this dimension, which also involves servants, natives of Madrid and high degrees of literacy. Fertility-related considerations, however, are unrelated to working women, and this is explained as due to the availability of domestic help and "women-oriented" working arrangements. Fertility and socioeconomic status are found to be interrelated and constitute a second dimension of residential segregation. In conclusion, Madrid is examined in relation to both more and less industrialized cities, leading to a further modification of social area theory contentions concerning the ecology of stratification in developing cities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Syracuse University, 13210, Syracuse, New York.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abrahamson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johnson