Chapter 11 Exercises

  1. The projected age composition of several ethnic groups in 2025 is summarized in Table E11-1. Using this information, and formulas from chapter 4, compute and fill in the missing age-dependency ratios for Hispanics and blacks.

  1. Which ethnic group will probably have the highest dependency ratio in 2025?

  2. Which ethnic group will probably have the lowest dependency ratio in 2025?

Table E11-1 Projected U.S. Ethnic Populations (in 1,000s) by Age Group

  1. The calculation of dissimilarity indices from the turn of the century are illustrated for two small university towns in Table E11-2 (neither town is highly segregated). Computations for the town of Amherst, Massachusetts are complete. Fill in the blanks to complete the computations of the dissimilarity index in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Use the fact that the first two columns of this table should total to 100% to derive the missing entries in those columns.) Then, answer the following questions about the results:

  1. In which town were the tracts in which blacks reside more dissimilar from those in which whites reside?

  2. Were blacks or Hispanics more segregated in Morgantown, West Virginia?

Table E11-2 Segregation in Two Small University Towns, United States Census Data

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