Double-checking the race box: Examining inconsistency between survey measures of observed and self-reported race

Social Forces

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-74

  Saperstein, Aliya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33749263032     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0141     Document Type: Review

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