Category: Census/Demographics

  • Determinants of Multiracial Identification and Their Effects on Poverty Estimtates among US Children Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, California 2004-08-14 21 pages Anthony Daniel Perez, Assistant Professor Chapel Hill Department of Sociology University of North Carolina This project examines…

  • The Multiple Race Population: Is it Increasing or Decreasing? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Montreal Convention Center Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2006-08-11 15 pages Reynolds Farley, Research Professor Emeritus Population Studies Center and Sociology Department University of Michigan A vibrant social movement developed in the 1990s, argued that many Americans…

  • Moving Beyond the Black-White Color Line? Immigration, Diversity, and Multiracial Identification in the United States Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, CA 2004-08-14 Jennifer Lee This paper explores theory and evidence about immigration, race/ethnicity, intermarriage, and multiracial identification, and assesses…

  • A Practical Approach to Using Multiple-Race Response Data: A Bridging Method for Public-Use Microdata September 2006 Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota Andrew Halpern-Manners Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota This project was begun while the first author was funded by “IPUMS-Redesign”…

  • Examining Health Disparities Through the Lens of Mixed Race Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 Cathy J. Tashiro, Associate Professor Nursing Program University of Washington, Tacoma   Debates are occurring about the relative contribution of genetic vs. social factors to racial health…

  • 5 Shades of Pink: A Coerced Identity In cooperation with The Graduate Association of Rhetoric and Performance Studies. A Graduate Thesis Performance Exploring Biracial Identity in the 19th Century. Monroe Lecture Center Theater California Avenue, South Campus Hofstra University 2009-03-19 19:30 (Local Time) by Melissa J. Edwards Hofstra University This performance explores the influences of…

  • Parental Communication and Its Influence on Biracial Identity Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, TBA Chicago, IL 2007-11-15 27 pages   Carolyn Brooks The Biracial identity development process has long been overlooked in society and in research. Few models exist and those models in existence are mostly descriptive. This…

  • Dimensions of Self-Identification among Multiracial and Multiethnic Respondents in Survey Interviews Research supported in part by contract HHS 0009430486 from the National Center for Health Statistics. Publication Date: 1997-12 ISSN: ISSN-0193-841X Timothy P. Johnson University of Illinois at Chicago Jared B. Jobe National Center for Health Statistics Diane O’Rourke University of Illinois at Urbana Seymour…

  • One Drop, No Rule: Identity Options among Multiracial Children in the U.S. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA, 2005-08-12 Anthony Daniel Perez, Assistant Professor Chapel Hill Department of Sociology University of North Carolina This paper examines the links between family background characteristics and…

  • The Social Process of Racial Identity Development Across Adolescence: Monoracial vs. Multiracial Pathways Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 33 pages Steven Hitlin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Iowa J. Scott Brown Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina at Chapel…