Day: January 10, 2011

  • 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…

  • Chinese America and the Multiracial Family Chinese American Forum Special Edition (June 2004) pages 15-19 Amy Klazkin This week my husband and I sold our second car. We live in the city, and we don’t need two, so we listed the car on an internet forum and got lots of responses. The first and most…

  • 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…