Effect of race and ethnicity classification on survey estimates: Anomaly of the weighted totals of american indians and alaska natives

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Lee, Sunghee ^a   Satter, Delight E ^a   Ponce, Ninez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INUIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; POPULATION GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA; CENSUSES; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; POLITICS; POPULATION GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955136362     PISSN: 08935394     EISSN: 15337731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5820/aian.1603.2009.1     Document Type: Article

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