The "multiracial" option: Social group identity and changing patterns of racial categorization

American Politics Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 176-204

  Masuoka, Natalie ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

identity; multiracial; race; survey question wording

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650705797     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10378845     Document Type: Article

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