Entry:

Farley, Reynolds, "Questions About Race, Spanish-Origin and Ancestry: Controversial Issues for the Statistical System," Paper presented to the General Social Survey "Beyond Black and White" conference, Washington, D.C., February, 1996.


Abstract:

This paper looks at different methods for the GSS to ask about a respondent's race and ethnicity, both how to ask and what to ask.

GSS Years:

ACT: This paper looks at different methods for the GSS to ask about a respondent's race and ethnicity, both how to ask and what to ask.

Other Data Sets:

Census 1790-1990; CPS 1995

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

COLOR

RS SKIN COLOR

ETHNIC

COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN

ETH1

1ST MENTIONED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

ETH2

2ND MENTIONED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

ETH3

3RD MENTIONED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

SPETHNIC

COUNTRY OF SPOUSES FAMILY ORIGIN

SPETH1

1ST MENTIONED COUNTRY OF SPOUSES ORIGIN

SPETH2

2ND MENTIONED COUNTRY OF SPOUSES ORIGIN

SPETH3

3RD MENTIONED COUNTRY OF SPOUSES ORIGIN

RACNAME

PREFERED RACIAL NAME