Experimental U.S. Census Bureau Race and Hispanic Origin Survey Questions
Reactions From Spanish Speakers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7792828 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rodney L Terry (U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, USA), Marissa Fond (U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, USA) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 524-541 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0739986313499007 |
| OpenAlex | W2010903609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
People of Hispanic origin, including monolingual Spanish speakers, have experienced difficulty identifying with a race category on U.S. demographic surveys. As part of a larger research effort by the U.S. Census Bureau to improve race and Hispanic origin questions for the 2020 Census, we tested experimental versions of race and Hispanic origin questions in Spanish. About half of the versions asked about race and Hispanic origin in separate questions, while the rest asked about these constructs in a combined question format. Cognitive interviews with 33 monolingual Spanish-speaking participants indicated that (a) most participants affirmatively claimed Hispanic origin on the separate and combined formats, but had difficulty selecting or declined to select a race category on the separate question formats and (b) most participants perceived few differences between Hispanic origin and race. In comparison with the separate race and Hispanic origin questions, the combined question facilitated more satisfactory self-identifications
Census · Population · Race (biology · Sociology · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse · Demography · Gender Studies · Social Psychology
Cognitive Interviewing
Interviewer effects in public health surveys
Race and health
Classification of Race and Ethnicity
Measuring Race and Hispanic Origin
Standardized terminology for hispanic populations
The meaning and measurement of race in the U.S. census
Discrepancies between Published Data on Racial Classification and Self-Reported Race
Categorical Imperatives
Context Effects for Census Measures of Race and Hispanic Origin
Issues in the Assessment of “Race” Among Latinos
Racial Reorganization and the United States Census 1850-1930
Race and Ethnicity and the Controversy Over the US Census
Racial Measurement in the American Census
Racial classifications in the US census
Measurement of Race and Ethnicity in a Changing, Multicultural America
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |