Multiracial Identification and Racial Gaps

A Work in Progress

Bibliographic Data

ID5742014
AuthorsJenifer L Bratter (0000-0003-3855-4124, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume677
Issue1
Pages69-80
Publication date2018-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716218758622
OpenAlexW2801779380
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited34

For nearly 20 years, the U.S. Census has allowed respondents to report multiple races, offering new opportunities to assess the well-being of multiracial groups. Multiple-race reporting provides much-needed nuance for assessing the racial stratification of social outcomes as the distinctions between racial groups is less clear. Here, I explore the promises and the pitfalls of working with multiple-race data in studies of race inequality. I begin with a discussion of prior work using multiple-race data, showing how they inform our understanding of race-based patterns, and also consider issues raised by the conceptual and methodological fuzziness inherent in using multiple-race responses. I then provide a brief picture of current racial differences in adult poverty rates for single- and multiple-race groups, revealing that some multiracial groups experience parity with single-race groups while others occupy a space in between. While these patterns are meaningful, multiple interpretations are possible given the nature of multiple-race data

Inequality · Political science · Poverty · Race (biology) · Sociology · Gender Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Mathematics · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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