Measuring ethnicity: Challenges and opportunities for survey research

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1332-1349

  Burton, Jonathan ^a   Nandi, Alita ^a   Platt, Lucinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categories; Census; Ethnic groups; Ethnic identity; Ethnicity; Survey data

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COMPLEXITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

EID: 77955158977     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870903527801     Document Type: Article

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