RT Journal Article
T1 Computing decomposable multigroup indices of segregation
A1 Mora, Ricardo
AB Eight multigroup segregation indices are decomposable into a between and a within term. They are two versions of 1) the mutual information index, 2) the symmetric Atkinson index, 3) the relative diversity index, and 4) Theil's H index. In this article, we present the command dseg, which obtains all of them. It contributes to the stock of segregation commands in Stata by 1) implementing the decomposition in a single call, 2) providing the weights and local indices used in the computation of the within term, 3) facilitating the deployment of the decomposability properties of the eight indices in complex scenarios that demand tailor-made solutions, and 4) leveraging sample data with bootstrapping and approximate randomization tests. We analyze 2017 census data of public schools in the United States to illustrate the use of dseg. The subject topic is school racial segregation.
PB SAGE Publications
SN 1536-867X
YR 2022
FD 2022-09-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/39758
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/39758
LA eng
NO We thank Stephen P. Jenkins as well as an anonymous reviewer for comments that helped improve the article. We also acknowledge the financial support of Spain’s Ministry of Science (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, project number PID2019- 108576RB-I00).
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