The meaning and measurement of race in the U.S. Census: Glimpses into the future

Demography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-393

  Hirschman, Charles ^a   Alba, Richard ^b   Farley, Reynolds ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CENSUSES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034241725     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648049     Document Type: Article

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