Residential Location By Occupational Status

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Based on existing theory and limited empirical findings, it is hypothesised that groups of similar occupational status will have similar residential patterns; and, as the status level widens, location of residence will become increasingly dissimilar. To measure residential status differentiation, locational indices and correlation techniques are employed. Using Pittsburgh data, the study finds little relationship between the relative concentration of an occupational group's residence and distance from the central business district. Nevertheless, the study corroborates the generalisations of other researchers that the most segregated occupations are those at the highest and lowest ends of the socio-economic scale. Furthermore, occupations that are most alike in residential location are also similar in socio-economic rank; those with the greatest locational differences represent the extremes of status levels.

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