Open AccessThe Correspondence Between Interracial Births and Multiple-Race Reporting
Author(s) -
Jennifer D. Parker,
Jennifer H. Madans
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.92.12.1976
Subject(s) - race (biology) , census , demography , national health interview survey , race and health , population , current population survey , medicine , health equity , public health , gerontology , socioeconomic status , sociology , gender studies , nursing
Race-specific health statistics are routinely reported in scientific publications; most describe health disparities across groups. Census 2000 showed that 2.4% of the US population identifies with more than 1 race group. We examined the hypothesis that multiple-race reporting is associated with interracial births by comparing parental race reported on birth certificates with reported race in a national health survey.