Chapter 3: The Multiracial Identity Gap
Multiracial identity is not just the sum of the races on someone’s family tree. It’s more complicated than that.
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Chapter 4: The Multiracial Experience
The multiracial experience in America is, in many ways, shaped by the composition of one’s racial background, although there are some shared experiences across multiracial groups.
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Chapter 6: Partisanship, Policy Views and Social Values
Overall, multiracial adults look similar to the general public in terms of their partisanship, ideology and views about the role of government.
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American Indian and white, but not ‘multiracial’
Biracial adults who are white and American Indian are among the least likely of mixed-race adults to consider themselves multiracial (only 25% do). They are among the most likely to say their multiracial background has been neither an advantage nor a disadvantage.
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Chapter 2: Counting Multiracial Americans
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that the mixed-race adult population could be as much as three times what current government estimates suggest.
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How Pew Research Center conducted its survey of multiracial Americans
We released our first report on American multiracial adults, a group that comprises an estimated 6.9% of the adult population, or nearly 17 million adults. The report looks at who they are demographically, their attitudes and experiences, and the spectrum of their racial identity.
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Voices of Multiracial Americans
For much of its history, America has discussed race in the singular form. But the language of race is changing. Ten multiracial Americans share their views of race, identity, relationships and the future.
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Chapter 5: Race and Social Connections—Friends, Family and Neighborhoods
For multiracial adults, the intersection of race and social connections is complicated.
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Chapter 7: The Many Dimensions of Hispanic Racial Identity
For Hispanics living in the United States, Hispanic identity is multidimensional and multifaceted.
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Appendix A: Survey Methodology
The analysis in this report is based on a Pew Research Center survey conducted online Feb. 6-April 6, 2015 among a probability based sample of 1,555 multiracial Americans ages 18 and older. The sample of multiracial adults was identified after contacting and collecting basic demographic information from 21,224 adults nationwide. For comparative purposes, an additional […]
