{"id":8302,"date":"2010-08-15T04:41:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T04:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=8302"},"modified":"2012-08-31T22:52:47","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T22:52:47","slug":"thinking-outside-the-black-box-measuring-black-and-multiracial-identification-on-surveys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=8302","title":{"rendered":"Thinking outside the (black) box: Measuring black and multiracial identification on surveys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ssresearch.2006.07.001\" target=\"_blank\">Thinking outside the (black) box: Measuring black and multiracial identification on surveys<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/journal\/0049089X\" target=\"_blank\">Social Science Research<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=PublicationURL&amp;_tockey=%23TOC%237152%232007%23999639996%23663475%23FLA%23&amp;_cdi=7152&amp;_pubType=J&amp;view=c&amp;_auth=y&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=9545939&amp;md5=2bf54ff174dcd65465661b479063343b\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 36, Issue 3<\/a>, September 2007<br \/>\nPages 921-944<br \/>\nDOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ssresearch.2006.07.001\" target=\"_blank\">10.1016\/j.ssresearch.2006.07.001<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/clas.uiowa.edu\/sociology\/people\/mary-e-campbell\" target=\"_blank\">Mary E. Campbell<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Sociology<br \/>\n<em>University of Iowa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To better understand the diversity of the multiracial population, compare multiracial data to single-race data, and evaluate the rigidity of racial boundaries, we must understand the single-race identification choices of multiracial respondents. Many studies assume that this pattern will be straightforward for multiracial respondents who choose a part-black identification, with virtually all choosing a \u201cblack\u201d single-race identification. I investigate whether this assumption is justified by available survey data. Using the May 1995 Current Population Survey\u2019s Race and Ethnicity Supplement, I explore the single-race identifications of individuals who have chosen a part-black multiracial label on a survey. I find that single-race identification choices on forced-choice questions vary considerably across family heritage groups, with those who choose a \u201cblack-American Indian\u201d identity extremely likely to select a black single-race identity, while other groups like \u201cblack-whites\u201d have substantial variation in single-race identifications. Identification patterns vary significantly by age, family context and survey characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>Read or purchase the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=MImg&amp;_imagekey=B6WX8-4KNM9XS-1-1&amp;_cdi=7152&amp;_user=10&amp;_pii=S0049089X0600055X&amp;_orig=search&amp;_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2007&amp;_sk=999639996&amp;view=c&amp;wchp=dGLbVtz-zSkzk&amp;md5=2df71cb9331ebde29b539158e3726456&amp;ie=\/sdarticle.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking outside the (black) box: Measuring black and multiracial identification on surveys Social Science Research Volume 36, Issue 3, September 2007 Pages 921-944 DOI: 10.1016\/j.ssresearch.2006.07.001\u00a0 Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa To better understand the diversity of the multiracial population, compare multiracial data to single-race data, and evaluate the rigidity of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,394,20],"tags":[2830,1724,822],"class_list":["post-8302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-media-archive","category-socialscience","category-usa","tag-mary-campbell","tag-mary-e-campbell","tag-social-science-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8302","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=8302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}