Open AccessIdentifying visible minorities or racialized persons on surveys: can we just ask?
Author(s) -
Greta R. Bauer,
Mayuri Mahendran,
Jessica Braimoh,
Sejutie Alam,
Siobhan Churchill
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-020-00325-2
Subject(s) - racialization , indigenous , psychology , transgender , prejudice (legal term) , racism , social psychology , perception , ethnic group , gender studies , sociology , race (biology) , ecology , neuroscience , anthropology , psychoanalysis , biology
Visible minorities are a group categorized in health research to identify and track inequalities, or to study the impact of racialization. We compared classifications obtained from a commonly used measure (Statistics Canada standard) with those obtained by two direct questions-whether one is a member of a visible minority group and whether one is perceived or treated as a person of colour.