{"id":6427,"date":"2010-04-02T15:23:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2011-06-22T02:13:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T02:13:42","slug":"measurement-uncertainty-in-racial-and-ethnic-identification-among-adolescents-of-mixed-ancestry-a-latent-variable-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=6427","title":{"rendered":"Measurement Uncertainty in Racial and Ethnic Identification Among Adolescents of Mixed Ancestry: A Latent Variable Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/10705510903439094\" target=\"_blank\">Measurement Uncertainty in Racial and Ethnic Identification Among Adolescents of Mixed Ancestry: A Latent Variable Approach<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.informaworld.com\/smpp\/title~db=all~content=t775653699\" target=\"_blank\">Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informaworld.com\/smpp\/title~db=all~content=g918541444\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 17, Issue 1<\/a> (January 2010)<br \/>\npages 110 &#8211; 133<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/10705510903439094\" target=\"_blank\">10.1080\/10705510903439094<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Allison J. Tracy<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Wellesley Centers for Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sumru Erkut<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Wellesley Centers for Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michelle V. Porche<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Wellesley Centers for Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jo Kim<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Wellesley Centers for Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Linda Charmaraman<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Wellesley Centers for Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennifer M. Grossman<\/strong><br \/>\nWellesley Centers for Women<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ineke Ceder<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Wellesley Centers for Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heidie V\u00e1zquez Garca<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Wellesley Centers for Women<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this article, we operationalize identification of mixed racial and ethnic ancestry among adolescents as a latent variable to (a) account for measurement uncertainty, and (b) compare alternative wording formats for racial and ethnic self-categorization in surveys. Two latent variable models were fit to multiple mixed-ancestry indicator data from 1,738 adolescents in New England. The first, a mixture factor model, accounts for the zero-inflated mixture distribution underlying mixed-ancestry identification. Alternatively, a latent class model allows classification distinction between relatively ambiguous versus unambiguous mixed-ancestry responses. Comparison of individual indicators reveals that the Census 2000 survey version estimates higher prevalence of mixed ancestry but is less sensitive to relative certainty of identification than are alternate survey versions (i.e., offering a \u201cmixed\u201d check box option, allowing a written response). Ease of coding and missing data are also considered in discussing the relative merit of individual mixed-ancestry indicators among adolescents.<\/p>\n<p>Read or purchase the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informaworld.com\/smpp\/ftinterface~content=a918539652~fulltext=713240930\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measurement Uncertainty in Racial and Ethnic Identification Among Adolescents of Mixed Ancestry: A Latent Variable Approach Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal Volume 17, Issue 1 (January 2010) pages 110 &#8211; 133 DOI: 10.1080\/10705510903439094 Allison J. Tracy Wellesley Centers for Women Sumru Erkut Wellesley Centers for Women Michelle V. Porche Wellesley Centers for Women Jo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,394,20],"tags":[1085,2697,2696,2695,2693,2694,2692,2699,2698,1086],"class_list":["post-6427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-new-media","category-socialscience","category-usa","tag-allison-j-tracy","tag-heidie-vazquez-garca","tag-ineke-ceder","tag-jennifer-m-grossman","tag-jo-kim","tag-linda-charmaraman","tag-michelle-v-porche","tag-new-england","tag-structural-equation-modeling-a-multidisciplinary-journal","tag-sumru-erkut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}