This paper seeks to explain why Hispanic households in the United States live in housing markedly inferior to Anglos'. I argue that immigrant characteristics of Hispanic households and the metropolitan areas in which Hispanics live play important roles in determining such inequality in the housing market. Empirical analyses of homeownership, household crowding, and housing costs demonstrate that immigration plays a role in explaining relatively low homeownership and high household crowding for each of four large Hispanic populations (Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Hispanics). The role of immigrant characteristics in determining housing costs is much weaker. © 1995 Population Association of America.

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Puerto Rico social psychology regression analysis human comparative study housing Cuba USA ethnology Mexico social mobility Hispanic Americans United States Humans Hispanic population overcrowding problem Hispanic housing inequality immigrant household household characteristics Socioeconomic Factors Multivariate Analysis urban housing socioeconomics Article organization and management Ownership Prejudice Case-Control Studies social class case control study Crowding