Table 7 Pairings between racial backgrounds of Airbnb guests and hosts (W = White, A = Asian, B = Black) in shared 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 | Shared property rental | ||
|---|---|---|---|
AMS | W | A | B |
W | [72.34: 72.37]% | [10.37; 10.40]% | [1.24; 1.25]% |
72.39% | 10.31% | 1.24% | |
A | [8.30; 8.33]% | [1.18; 1.20]% | [0.14; 0.15]% |
8.27% | 1.24% | 0.13% | |
B | [1.46; 1.47]% | [0.20; 0.21]% | [0.02; 0.03]% |
1.44% | 0.24% | 0.03% | |
CHI | W | A | B |
W | [66.48; 66.53]% | [12.87; 12.92]% | [2.11; 2.13]% |
66.92% | 12.57% | 2.03% | |
A | [7.73; 7.74]% | [1.49; 1.53]% | [0.24; 0.26]% |
7.32% | 1.89% | 0.28% | |
B | [2.04; 2.07]% | [0.40; 0.42]% | [0.06; 0.07]% |
1.96% | 0.39% | 0.16% | |
DUB | W | A | B |
W | [80.20; 80.29]% | [6.60; 6.67]% | [0.79; 0.82]% |
80.20% | 6.69% | 0.75% | |
A | [5.11; 5.18]% | [0.39; 0.44]% | [0.08; 0.10]% |
5.19% | 0.27% | 0.16% | |
B | [1.07; 1.11]% | [0.11; 0.13]% | [0.05; 0.05]% |
1.07% | 0.11% | 0.00% | |
HK | W | A | B |
W | [29.04; 29.16]% | [25.74; 25.86]% | [0.81; 0.83]% |
30.72% | 23.90% | 0.84% | |
A | [19.64; 19.76]% | [17.52; 17.64]% | [0.54; 0.57]% |
18.04% | 19.51% | 0.52% | |
B | [0.90; 0.92]% | [0.77; 0.80]% | [0.03; 0.04]% |
0.81% | 0.87% | 0.06% | |
NAS | W | A | B |
W | [76.54; 76.69]% | [6.26; 6.37]% | [2.05; 2.11]% |
77.13% | 6.60% | 1.49% | |
A | [5.11; 5.22]% | [0.39; 0.47]% | [0.17; 0.22]% |
4.79% | 0.21% | 0.43% | |
B | [1.88; 1.95]% | [0.16; 0.21]% | [0.11; 0.15]% |
1.70% | 0.21% | 0.32% | |
