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maximum and minimum of several of the variables exemplifies
SMSA specialization and differentiation.
Functional specialization describes the extent to which
a city or region is differentiated in some way from other
cities and regions. In a technical and industrialized
society, knowledge and inventions increase and contribute to
the performance of
additional kinds of functional activities. . . . As
these increasingly numerous activities become different
from one another (differentiation), ecological units
respectively tend to specialize in performing some
limited part of them (specialization) and to leave
other tasks to other units. As this differentiation
and specialization occur, each specialized unit tends
to become less self-sufficient and to depend increas-
ingly on services performed by others (1, p. 306).
Economists and geographers have been instrumental in
constructing typologies of functional specialization. Most
of these typologies utilize economic variables, but it is
possible to consider additional variables in any classifica-
tion schema. Usually, the reliance on economic variables is
based on the availability of data. However, given the avail-
ability of data, it would be possible to classify cities
according to recreation, entertainment, education, medical
services, and religion (2, pp. 66-68).
Based on the concept of functional specialization, it
is possible to interpret the minimum and the maximum in the
range of values resulting from the statistical analysis.
Variables utilized in this study that lend themselves to
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Ross, Patricia A. An Investigation of the Relationship Among Occupational Opportunities for Women, Marriage, and Fertility, dissertation, May 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330883/m1/79/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .