Reardon, Sean F., & Firebaugh, Glenn
Researchers: Glenn FirebaughSean F. Reardon
University Affiliation: Stanford University
Email: sean.reardon@stanford.edu
Research Question:
Derive and evaluate a set of six multigroup segregation indices.
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: Sociological Methodology
Journal Entry: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 33-67
Year: 2002
Findings:
- Theil’s information theory index H is the only one of the six that obeys the principle of transfers in the multigroup case.
- Researchers should use the information theory index H for measuring multigroup segregation, at least when evenness is the conceptual dimension of segregation of interest.