Entry:
Alba, Richard D., Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of White America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.
Abstract:
White American maintain their ethnic identity though increasingly losing contact with structures supporting it. Maintaining one's ethnic identity does not seem to conflict with maintaining a simultaneous identity as an American.
GSS Years:1983-89
Other Data Sets:
CPS 1979; Census 1980; Capital Region Survey 1984-85
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| NUMGIVEN |
NUMBER OF PERSONS MENTIONED |
| ETHNIC |
COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN |
| ETH1 |
1ST MENTIONED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
| ETH2 |
2ND MENTIONED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
| ETH3 |
3RD MENTIONED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
| ETHNUM |
TYPE OF RESPONSE ABOUT ETHNICITY -- R |