Anita Knopov1, Emily F Rothman2, Shea W Cronin3, Lydia Franklin2, Alev Cansever2, Fiona Potter2, Aldina Mesic2, Anika Sharma2, Ziming Xuan2, Michael Siegel2, David Hemenway4. 1. Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 801 Massachusetts Ave, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Electronic address: aknopov@bu.edu. 2. Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 801 Massachusetts Ave, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA. 3. Metropolitan College, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. 4. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between racial residential segregation and differences in Black-White disparities in overall firearm homicides across U.S states. METHODS: Using a linear regression, we evaluated the relationship between racial residential segregation, as measured by the index of dissimilarity, and the Black-White firearm homicide disparity ratio in 32 states over the period 1991-2015. To account for clustering of observations within states, we used a generalized estimating equations approach. RESULTS: After controlling for measures of White and Black deprivation, multivariate analysis showed that racial segregation was positively associated with the Black-White firearm homicide disparity. For each 10-point increase in the index of dissimilarity, the ratio of Black to White firearm homicide rates in a state increased by 39%. After controlling for levels of White and Black deprivation, racial segregation remained negatively associated with White firearm homicide rates and positively associated with Black firearm homicide rates. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that racial segregation may increase the disparity in firearm homicide between the Black and White population.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between racial residential segregation and differences in Black-White disparities in overall firearm homicides across U.S states. METHODS: Using a linear regression, we evaluated the relationship between racial residential segregation, as measured by the index of dissimilarity, and the Black-White firearm homicide disparity ratio in 32 states over the period 1991-2015. To account for clustering of observations within states, we used a generalized estimating equations approach. RESULTS: After controlling for measures of White and Black deprivation, multivariate analysis showed that racial segregation was positively associated with the Black-White firearm homicide disparity. For each 10-point increase in the index of dissimilarity, the ratio of Black to White firearm homicide rates in a state increased by 39%. After controlling for levels of White and Black deprivation, racial segregation remained negatively associated with White firearm homicide rates and positively associated with Black firearm homicide rates. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that racial segregation may increase the disparity in firearm homicide between the Black and White population.
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