Capturing complexity in the United States: Which aspects of race matter and when?

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1484-1502

  Saperstein, Aliya ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; health disparities; Racial classification; racial identification; racial inequality; survey measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RACIAL IDENTITY; SURVEY METHOD;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863519961     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.607504     Document Type: Article

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