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Contrasting Patterns of Migration and Settlement

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Demographic Analysis of Latin American Immigrants in Spain

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In this chapter, we document levels and trends in residential segregation for Latin Americans and compare these with those from the African group (the second largest non-European immigrant group in Spain) following a decade of unprecedented growth through international migration. Segregation is measured using two traditional segregation indexes (the index of dissimilarity and the isolation index) and a geographically consistent population time series from 2000 to 2010 that takes into account changes in geographical boundaries over the study period. Although segregation is often measured as a succession of static outcomes, in the second part of the paper we examine whether internal migration within Spain operates to reinforce or mitigate residential concentration. We find that Latin Americans are much less segregated than Africans despite their later arrival and more rapid population growth. We also find that over time Latin Americans tended to disperse away from original settlement areas and move toward desegregation, a situation that clearly differs from Africans, whose segregation generally increased owing to a much slower pattern of dispersal.

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    As population sizes for each census tract should be approximately equal (and none cannot exceed 2000 residents), election boundary changes are made for the equalization of electoral districts so that each elector’s vote bears a similar weight (Organic Law 5/1985 on the Electoral General Regime).

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    Albert Sabater

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    Albert Sabater

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Sabater, A., Massey, D. (2015). Contrasting Patterns of Migration and Settlement. In: Domingo, A., Sabater, A., Verdugo, R. (eds) Demographic Analysis of Latin American Immigrants in Spain. Applied Demography Series, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12361-5_3

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