Making the Most of Multiple Measures: Disentangling the Effects of Different Dimensions of Race in Survey Research

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 519-537

  Saperstein, Aliya ^a   Kizer, Jessica M ^b   Penner, Andrew M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

inequality; quantitative methods; race; survey measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RACE; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84962917487     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613399     Document Type: Article

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