RT Article
T1 Residential Attainment in the U.S. by Race, Ethnicity, and Family Structure: Do Married Households Have Better Outcomes?
JF Race and social problems
VO 17
IS 2
SP 152
OP 173
A1 Friedman, Samantha
A2 Gan, Kimberly
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1927084776
AB Our study examines intra- and inter-group racial and ethnic differences in residential attainment by family structure. Though previous literature has found that significant racial and ethnic differences in residential attainment persist, little research examines those disparities by family structure within and between racial and ethnic groups. Existing research on family structure indicate that Black, single-mother families are particularly prone to experiencing residential segregation and discrimination in the housing market. These disadvantages in their residential attainment, compared to Black married couple families and other racial and ethnic groups by family structure, could have implications for the health and wealth accrual of Black, single-women-headed families. Using data from the 2019 American Housing Survey, we test hypotheses derived from the spatial assimilation and place stratification models through descriptive analyses and logistic regression models. We find that within racial and ethnic groups, married couple households tend to have better residential outcomes than single, women households. However, marriage does not prove to be an equalizer of residential outcomes across racial and ethnic groups. Controlling for relevant factors, Black and Hispanic married couple households have significantly inferior residential outcomes, relative to their white counterparts. In addition, these same residential disadvantages exist for Blacks and Hispanics, among single, women households. Our results suggest that while marriage is beneficial in terms of improved residential outcomes within racial and ethnic groups, structural forces of discrimination continue to disadvantage people of color in their residential attainment, regardless of their marital status.
K1 American Housing Survey
K1 Residential attainment
K1 Family Structure
K1 Race/ethnicity
K1 Gender and Crime
K1 Class
K1 Ethnicity
K1 Social Inequality
K1 Social Structure
K1 Race and Ethnicity
K1 Housing and Built Environments
DO 10.1007/s12552-025-09436-2