The Stratification of Metropolitan Suburbs, 1960-1970

In contrast to past findings of persistent social status in suburbs this study of 52 metropolitan regions during 1960-1970 reveals considerable differentiation and flux. We find variations between metropolitan regions in the direction and extent of change in inequality between suburbs. Inequality tended to increase in the 1960s in metropolitan regions with a highly fragmented local governmental structure and to decline in regions with fast-growing populations especially those which experienced substantial suburbanization of employment. (authors)