Understanding Who Reported Multiple Races in the U.S. Decennial Census: Results From Census 2000 and the 2010 Census

Family Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-16

  Jones, Nicholas A ^a   Bullock, Jungmiwha J ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

2010 Census; Multiple race; Two or more races

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872658197     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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