Preschool segregation has not been the focus of research efforts to the same extent as compulsory school segregation. This is at least in part a consequence of the lack of large-scale, registry-based data sources on where children live and where they attend preschool. This paper presents a full-population account of discrepancies between preschool segregation and neighbourhood segregation covering the Swedish population. Data includes preschool children as well as their parents’ income, education, ethnic background, and place of residence. Findings indicate that while preschool segregation does not differ from neighbourhood segregation to the same extent as previous research has shown for school segregation, there are systematic differences affecting the level of segregation across Sweden and in various types of municipalities. Studies on school level show segregation by foreign background and income to be most prominent, whilst preschool segregation mostly concerns parents’ educational attainment. Furthermore, the findings show that the geographical distribution of private and public preschools affects levels of segregation. This conclusion supports the general argument that the free-choice reform in the Swedish school system tends to raise levels of school segregation above the levels of residential segregation—even in preschools.

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即使在学前班：分析瑞典城市的学前班和社区隔离差距

学前隔离还没有像强制性学校隔离那样成为研究工作的重点。这至少部分是由于缺乏关于儿童居住地和学前班的大规模、基于登记的数据源的结果。本文介绍了涵盖瑞典人口的学前隔离和邻里隔离之间差异的全人口说明。数据包括学龄前儿童及其父母的收入、教育程度、种族背景和居住地。调查结果表明，虽然学前隔离与社区隔离的差异程度与之前的学校隔离研究显示的程度相同，但瑞典和各类城市的隔离程度存在系统性差异。学校层面的研究表明，外国背景和收入的隔离最为突出，而学前隔离主要与父母的教育程度有关。此外，调查结果表明，私立和公立幼儿园的地理分布会影响隔离程度。这一结论支持以下普遍论点，即瑞典学校系统中的自由选择改革倾向于将学校隔离水平提高到高于住宅隔离水平——即使在学前班也是如此。