Table 6 Pairings between racial backgrounds of Airbnb guests and hosts (W = White, A = Asian, B = Black) in full property rentals. Values in brackets represent 95% confidence level intervals obtained from the rewiring analysis, while values below them denote the corresponding empirically observed frequencies. Upward green (downward red) arrows highlight over-expressed (under-expressed) values
From: Offline biases in online platforms: a study of diversity and homophily in Airbnb
| Â | Full property rental | ||
|---|---|---|---|
AMS | W | A | B |
W | [76.73; 76.75]% | [7.62; 7.64]% | [1.14; 1.15]% |
76.81% | 7.59% | 1.14% | |
A | [4.07; 4.08]% | [0.40; 0.41]% | [0.06; 0.06]% |
4.07% | 0.43% | 0.06% | |
B | [1.88; 1.89]% | [0.18; 0.19]% | [0.03; 0.03]% |
1.87% | 0.20% | 0.03% | |
CHI | W | A | B |
W | [71.66; 71.71]% | [9.41; 9.45]% | [2.06; 2.08]% |
72.07% | 9.32% | 2.01% | |
A | [6.73; 6.77]% | [0.88; 0.91]% | [0.02; 0.02]% |
6.64% | 0.98% | 0.02% | |
B | [1.71; 1.73]% | [0.22; 0.23]% | [0.04; 0.05]% |
1.50% | 0.24% | 0.15% | |
DUB | W | A | B |
W | [82.34; 82.42]% | [6.98; 7.05]% | [1.52; 1.55]% |
82.28% | 7.10% | 1.43% | |
A | [3.32; 3.38]% | [0.28; 0.33]% | [0.09; 0.12]% |
3.73% | 0.07% | 0.00% | |
B | [0.87; 0.90]% | [0.10; 0.13]% | [0.07; 0.09]% |
0.57% | 0.22% | 0.22% | |
HK | W | A | B |
W | [35.72; 35.82]% | [22.39; 22.49]% | [0.74; 0.76]% |
37.41% | 20.74% | 0.72% | |
A | [20.05; 20.15]% | [12.47; 12.57]% | [0.40; 0.42]% |
18.32% | 14.34% | 0.38% | |
B | [1.03; 1.06]% | [0.62; 0.65]% | [0.03; 0.03]% |
1.12% | 0.57% | 0.05% | |
NAS | W | A | B |
W | [78.95; 79.04]% | [6.66; 6.73]% | [2.14; 2.18]% |
78.92% | 6.52% | 2.21% | |
A | [2.83; 2.89]% | [0.22; 0.26]% | [0.08; 0.10]% |
2.96% | 0.22% | 0.00% | |
B | [3.36; 3.42]% | [0.24; 0.29]% | [0.10; 0.12]% |
3.40% | 0.38% | 0.11% | |
