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The 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.

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