Background and Plan of Study

Samuel H. Preston, Irma T. Elo, Mark E. Hill and Ira Rosenwaike

Chapter Chapter 1 in The Demography of African Americans 1930–1990, 2003, pp 1-8 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Achieving a thorough understanding of the demographic circumstances of the African American population has proven difficult because of serious problems in the underlying data. The problems are not primarily traceable to shifting or ambiguous criteria for membership in the population. A rigid system of racial stratification means that African Americans have known who they are and consistently report their racial status to statistical agencies.

Keywords: African American Population; Decennial Census; Hospital Birth; Birth Registration; Census Count (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0325-3_1

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