TY - BOOK AU - Sanchez,Thomas W. AU - Lang,Robert E. AU - Dhavale,Dawn M. TI - Security versus status?: a first look at the census’s gated community data SN - 0739456X AV - NA9000 JOU PY - 2005/// CY - Thousand Oaks PB - ACSP KW - Gated communities KW - Housing KW - American Housing Survey N2 - For most people, the term gated communities conjures up images of exclusive developments with fancy homes and equally fancy lifestyles. Much of the popular and academic literature on gated communities promotes this view. Yet the common perception of gated communities as privileged enclaves turns out to be only partly correct based on our analysis of the first ever census survey of these places. There are gated communities composed of mostly White homeowners with high incomes that have a secure main entry—the kind of classic gated community in the public mind. But there are also gated communities that are inhabited by minority renters with moderate incomes. We expected that this dichotomy reflects a divide between gated communities, one based on status versus one motivated by concern for security. Using the 2001 American Housing Survey (AHS), we attempted to explain the differences between gated homeowners, nongated homeowners, gated renters, and nongated renter households UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X04270127 ER -