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vii   List of Tables and Figures   Table 2.1 Changes in Racial Composition of U.S. Metropolitan Census Tracts, 1990 to 2010 30 Table 2.2 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Average Tract Characteristics, 2006 to 2010 34 Table 3.1 Descriptive Statistics, Individual and Family Variables 69 Table 3.2 Descriptive Statistics, Community Variables 74 Table 3.3 Correlation Coefficients, Community Variables 76 Table 3.4 Regression Coefficients, Students Ages Six to Eleven 82 Table 3.5 Regression Coefficients, Students Ages Twelve to Seventeen 84 Table 3.6 Fully Standardized Logistic-Regression Coefficients, Dissimilarity 86 Table 4.1 Metropolitan Racial and Ethnic Segregation 104 Table 4.2 Highly Segregated Metropolitan Areas 106 Table 4.3 Economic Segregation, Overall and Within Race/Ethnic Groups 108 Table 4.4 Segregation of Households by Income Level, U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 2005 to 2009 109 Table 4.5 Economic Segregation, Actual and Due to Race Segregation, 2007 to 2011 116 Table 4.6 Racial Segregation, Actual and Due to Economic Segregation, 2007 to 2011 119 Table 4.7 Metropolitan Areas in Which Economic Segregation Contributes More than One-Fifth of Racial Segregation, 2007 to 2011 120 Table 4.8 Black-White Segregation, Actual and Simulated, 2007 to 2011 122 Table 4.9 Population, High-Poverty Neighborhoods 125 Table 4.10 Metropolitan Areas, Highest Concentration of Poverty, 2007 to 2011 127 viii     List of Tables and Figures Table 5.1 Demographics 142 Table 5.2 Mobile Neighborhoods 144 Table 5.3 Middle School Descriptives 145 Table 5.4 Methods of Out-of-Zone School Attendance 153 Table 6.1 Sample of Suburban Parents 175 Table 6.2 Family Structure Within Sample 180 Table 6.3 Characteristics of the School District 182 Table 7.1 Sample Characteristics 214 Table 7.2 Age and School Status of Children 215 Table 7.3 Demographics of Schools Attended by Respondents’ Children 225 Table 8.1 Demographic Characteristics 241 Table 8.2 School Decision and Satisfaction 242 Table 8.3 Resources for and Participation in Choice 243 Table 9.1 Sample Counts by Social Class and Race 275 Figure 2.1 Changes in Racial Composition of Metropolitan Tracts, 1990 to 2010, by 1990 Tract Type 32 Figure 2.2 Racial Differences, Average Tract Characteristics, 2006 to 2010 35 Figure 3.1 Private School Enrollments of White Students by Community Racial Composition 79 Figure 3.2 Estimated Percentage of White Students Enrolled in Private School by Community Racial Composition 80 Figure 3A.1 Private School Enrollments of White Students by Community Racial Composition 91 Figure 3A.2 Estimated Percentage of White Students Enrolled in Private School by Community Racial Composition 92 Figure 4.1 Metropolitan Black-White Segregation by Number of Black Residents 107 Figure 4.2 Residential Segregation, Students, 2007 to 2011 112 Figure 4.3 Decomposition of Economic Segregation, 2007 to 2011 117 Figure 4.4 Economic Versus Black-White Segregation, 2007 to 2011 118 Figure 4.5 Concentration of Poverty 126 Figure 5.1 Katrina’s Residential and School Trajectory 148 Figure 6.1 School Districts 173 Figure 6.2 Travel Time from City Hall 176 Figure 6.3 Median Home Value 178 Figure 6.4 Median Household Income 178 Figure 6.5 Percentage Black and Hispanic 179 Figure 6.6 Per Pupil Expenditure 181 Figure 6.7 SAT Scores in Selected School Districts 181 ...

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