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    Pew Research Center at PAA

    Pew Research Center Experts at #PAA2016: Follow our Experts Pew Research Center will be at this year’s Population Association of America Annual Meeting in Washington. Visit us at booth 505 to meet our experts and to learn more about our work. See below for a list of our experts who will be at the booth, […]

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    The challenges of polling Asian Americans

    Why aren’t Asian Americans shown as a separate group when differences among whites, blacks and Hispanics are discussed in survey reports? It’s a good question, so we put together a summary of some of the methodological and other issues on accurately polling U.S. Asians.

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    Who Is Multiracial? Depends on How You Ask

    Racial identity is far from a straightforward concept, and when multiple strands of identity come together this has the potential to increase the complexity.

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    References

    Brunsma, David L. and Kerry Ann Rockquemore. 2001. “The New Color Complex: Appearances and Biracial Identity.” Identity 3(1):29-52. Cohn, D’Vera. 2012. “Census Bureau Considers Changing Its Race/Hispanic Questions.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. August. Cohn, D’Vera. 2015. “Census considers new approach to asking about race – by not using the term at all.” Washington, D.C.: […]

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    Chapter 1: Estimates of Multiracial Adults and Other Racial and Ethnic Groups Across Various Question Formats

    Standard Two-Question Measure The first method used for measuring racial identity was the two-question race and ethnicity format typically used on all Pew Research Center surveys. It is similar to the two-question format presently used in U.S. Census Bureau surveys and by many other government and research organizations.[4. numoffset=”4″ The Census Bureau introduced the option […]

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    15 striking findings from 2015

    From trust in government to views of climate change, here are some of Pew Research Center’s most memorable findings of the year.

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    Chapter 2: The Consistency of Reporting Two or More Races Across Race-Selection Measures

    Looking only at the three questions that asked respondents to identify their race or races—standard two-question, Census AQE and point allocation—we find that many adults who select two or more races using one approach do not offer consistent responses using the other measures. Overall, 14% of adults select two or more races on at least […]

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    References

    Anderson, Monica. 2015. “A Rising Share of the U.S. Black Population Is Foreign Born; 9 Percent Are Immigrants; and While Most Are from the Caribbean, Africans Drive Recent Growth.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, April. Barro, Robert and Jong-Wha Lee. 2013. “A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010.” Journal of Development Economics 104 […]

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