Entry:

Alba, Richard D. and Chamlin, Mitchell B., "A Preliminary Examination of Ethnic Identification Among Whites," American Sociological Review, 48 (April, 1983), 240-247.

Abstract:

Young native-born whites are increasingly more likely to assert mixed ancestry regardless of generation of immigration. However, ethnic identification has remained important, as an increasing proportion of those of mixed ancestry in younger cohorts tend to identify themselves with a single group. This ultimate identification with a single group despite mixed or ambiguous ancestry is also more frequent in the larger cities and outside the south.

1977, 1978, 1980

Other Data Sets:

Kessner 1977; Ware 1935; Covello 1972; Trow 1961; CPS 1975, 1979, 1982