Genetic Bio-Ancestry and Social Construction of Racial Classification in Social Surveys in the Contemporary United States

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-172

  Guo, Guang ^a,b   Fu, Yilan ^a   Lee, Hedwig ^c   Cai, Tianji ^d   Mullan Harris, Kathleen ^a,b   Li, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Bio ancestry; Genetics; Race; Racial classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH; PEDIGREE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893590516     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0242-0     Document Type: Article

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