Category: Census/Demographics

  • Racial Measurement in the American Census: Past Practices and Implications for the Future Annual Review of Sociology Volume 29 (August 2003) pages 563-588 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100006 C. Matthew Snipp, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Stanford University In 1977, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…

  • The Hapa Project: How multiracial identity crosses oceans UH Today University of Hawai`i Spring 2007 Alana Folen and Tina Ng Hawai`i—often overlooked as nothing more than a scenic paradise—recently started to live up to its “melting pot” reputation when a U.S. senator representing Illinois formally announced his presidential candidacy. With personal ties to Hawai`i, Sen.…

  • Immigration, Intermarriage, and the Challenges of Measuring Racial/Ethnic Identities American Journal of Public Health Volume 90, Number 11 (November 2000) pages 1735-1737 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.11.1735 Mary C. Waters, M. E. Zukerman Professor of Sociology Harvard University This commentary reviews recent demographic trends in immigration and intermarriage that contribute to the complexity of measuring race and ethnicity.…

  • New Challenges in Measuring Race in the United States 2010 National Conference on Health Statistics Omni Shorem Hotel, Washington, D.C. 2010-08-17 46 pages/slides Reynolds Farley, Research Professor Emeritus University of Michigan Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research The Multiracial Movement of the 1990s [page/slide 2] After Census 1990, a small social movement…

  • Race: I’m Just Who I am Time Magazine 1997-05-05 Jack E. White, Washington Tamala M. Edwards, Washington Elaine Lafferty, Los Angeles Sylvester Monoroe, Los Angeles Victoria Rainert, New York His nickname notwithstanding, professional golfer Frank (“Fuzzy”) Zoeller saw Tiger Woods quite clearly. He gazed upon the new king of professional golf, through whose veins runs…

  • Multiracial Patterns in the United States By State Public Research Report No. 2001-02 Race Contours 2000 Study: A University of Southern California and University of Michigan Collaborative Project Released: 2001-04-13 Noel Hacegaba, Adjunct Instructor of Public Administration University of La Verne, La Verne, California Dowell Myer, Professor of Public Policy University of Southern California The…

  • In the Eye of the Beholder: Observed Race and Observer Characteristics PSC Research Report Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michgan Report No. 02-522 August 2002 36 pages David R. Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Provost and…

  • Making Sense of New Census Classifications for Race UCLA School of Public Health Magazine June 2007 page 31 STARTING WITH THE 2000 CENSUS, the federal government revised how it collects data on race and ethnicity—respondents were allowed to identify themselves as a member of more than one category (which 7 million opted to do), whereas…

  • Classification of Race and Ethnicity: Implications for Public Health Annual Review of Public Health Volume 24 (May 2003) pages 83-110 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.24.100901.140927 Vickie M. Mays, Professor of Psychology and Professor of Health Services University of California, Los Angeles Ninez A. Ponce, Associate Professor of Public Heath University of California, Los Angeles Donna L. Washington, M.D.…

  • Ties on the fringes of identity Social Science Research Volume 33, Issue 4 (December 2004) Pages 702-723 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2003.10.002 Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota I use data on part-American Indian children in the 1990 Census 5% PUMS to assess my hypotheses that thick racial ties within the family constrain racial…