Separate and Unequal Childhoods: Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Inequalities of Children in Chile
摘要
This studyChildhood examinesInequality differences in residential segregationSegregation between childrenChildren and adults in ChileChile, as well as its consequences for the inequalitiesInequality that both groups experience in their neighborhood contexts. I link individual-level census data with a series of databases related to neighborhood characteristics at the tract level. First, I use segregationSegregation indices to measure segregationSegregation levels along age and socioeconomic lines. Results indicate that segregationSegregation is higher for childrenChildren compared to adults, both in terms of evenness and exposure. Specifically, childrenChildren from socially advantaged backgrounds have higher levels of spatial separation and isolation than any other group. Second, results of a linear regression model with city fixed effects show that childrenChildren live in neighborhoods that are significantly more unequal than those of adults regarding two key characteristics: exposure to violence and school test score performance. These results are stable across all cities under study, although with varying magnitudes. Overall, this article highlights how age and socioeconomic factors interact in the spatial sorting process and specifies its relationship with contextual inequalitiesInequality that crucially affect the distribution of life opportunities, especially among childrenChildren. I close with a discussion of the challenges that these findings raise for social cohesion.