Joining, Leaving, and Staying in the American Indian/Alaska Native Race Category Between 2000 and 2010

Demography

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 507-540

  Liebler, Carolyn A ^a   Bhaskar, Renuka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b née Rastogi), Sonya R   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Census; Error of closure; Linked data; Racial identification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA NATIVES; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961205276     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-016-0461-2     Document Type: Article

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