The meaning and measurement of race in the U.S. census: glimpses into the future.

A study was conducted to examine the meaning and measurement of race in the U.S. census. Data were gathered from the 1996 Racial and Ethnic Targeted Test. The results reveal that permitting multiple responses to the “race” question in the 2000 census had only a minor effect on the measured racial...

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Publicado en:Demography Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 381 - 394
Autores principales: Hirschman, Charles, Alba, Richard, Farley, Reynolds
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. August 2000
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