An Outside View: What Observers Say About Others’ Races and Hispanic Origins

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 465-497

  Porter, Sonya R ^a   Liebler, Carolyn A ^b   Noon, James M ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

census proxy; Hispanic origin; race; racial classification

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIRACIAL PERSON; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE;

EID: 84962820684     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613397     Document Type: Article

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