Identifying race and ethnicity in the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-144

  Light, Audrey ^a   Nandi, Alita ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Multiracial; Population; Race

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ETHNICITY; POPULATION SIZE; RACIAL IDENTITY;

EID: 34248633367     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-007-9021-1     Document Type: Article

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