Validity of infant race/ethnicity from birth certificates in the context of U.S. demographic change

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 249-267

  Mason, Lisa Reyes ^a   Nam, Yunju ^b   Kim, Youngmi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

infant health; racial ethnic differences in health and health care; survey research and questionnaire design; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

INFANT HEALTH; RACIAL/ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE; SURVEY RESEARCH AND QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; VITAL STATISTICS;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OKLAHOMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84892809782     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12083     Document Type: Article

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