Who has housing affordability problems? Disparities in Housing Cost burden by Race, Nativity and Legal Status in Los Angeles.
Who has housing affordability problems? Disparities in Housing Cost burden by Race, Nativity and Legal Status in Los Angeles.
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10.1007/s12552-013-9086-x
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2013-09
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3.1
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住房成本是美国家庭支出的重要组成部分。那些将收入的很大一部分用于住房的人往往不得不做出困难的财务决定，这对成人和儿童都有重大的短期和长期影响。这项研究采用了2000年至2002年收集的第一波洛杉矶家庭和邻里调查（L.A.FANS）的横截面数据，以检查美国最常见的住房负担能力标准，即花费收入的30%或更多用于住房费用的可能性。对美国出生的拉丁美洲人、白人、非裔美国人、经授权的拉丁美洲移民和未经授权的拉丁美洲移民的低收入样本进行多变量分析，重点关注种族、出生地和法律的地位造成成本负担的可能性的基线和持续差异。每一组低收入受访者中有近一半或更多的人遇到住房负担能力问题。结果表明，移民的法律的地位是那些检查之间的差异的主要来源，与多变量分析揭示了大的和持久的差异，未经授权的拉丁美洲移民相对于大多数其他群体。此外，未经批准的移民与经批准的移民相比，住房费用负担的可能性仍然很大，这是移民同化的传统指标。这些结果是一致的新兴奖学金的作用，法律的地位在塑造移民的结果在美国。
Housing costs are a substantial component of U.S. household expenditures. Those who allocate a large proportion of their income to housing often have to make difficult financial decisions with significant short-term and long-term implications for adults and children. This study employs cross-sectional data from the first wave of the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS) collected between 2000 and 2002 to examine the most common U.S. standard of housing affordability, the likelihood of spending thirty percent or more of income on shelter costs. Multivariate analyses of a low-income sample of U.S. born Latinos, Whites, African Americans, authorized Latino immigrants and unauthorized Latino immigrants focus on baseline and persistent differences in the likelihood of being cost burdened by race, nativity and legal status. Nearly half or more of each group of low-income respondents experience housing affordability problems. The results suggest that immigrants’ legal status is the primary source of disparities among those examined, with the multivariate analyses revealing large and persistent disparities for unauthorized Latino immigrants relative to most other groups. Moreover, the higher odds of housing cost burden observed for unauthorized immigrants compared with their authorized immigrant counterparts remains substantial, accounting for traditional indicators of immigrant assimilation. These results are consistent with emerging scholarship regarding the role of legal status in shaping immigrant outcomes in the United States.