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Racial Classification Among Puerto Rican Men and Women in New York

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ID6064342
AuthorsClara E Rodríguez (Fordhiam University at Lincoln Center)
Year1990
Volume12
Issue4
Pages366-379
Publication date1990-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07399863900124002
OpenAlexW2039206811
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited8

The research measures whether "race" was a significant stratifying variable within a multiracial ethnic group (Puerto Ricans) in New York City. Thze 1980 5% Public Use Microdata sample, which consisted of 27, 799 men and women, was used. ANOVA and chi-square were used to analyze socioeconomic variables by racial self-classification. The results indicate that the way Puerto Ricans classified themselves was significantly related to their socioeconomic position. Puerto Ricans identifying as "Other" (and writing in a Spanish desciptor) laggedfar behind those identifying as "VWhite. " On some variables, the group identifying as "Black" fared about the same as the "White" group, while in other areas, it was similar to the "Other-Spanish" group. Within each "race" group, Puerto Rican women were found to be worse off thani men

Census · Ethnic group · Geography · Microdata (statistics · Population · Puerto rican · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Latin American and Latino Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Demography · Gerontology

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Unique citing works16
Citations per year0,47
Citation span1992 - 2025 (34)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 16

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