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Criollo, mestizo, mulato, latinegro, indigena, white, or black? The US Hispanic/Latino population and multiple responses in the 2000 census

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  • Amaro, H.
  • Zambrana, R.E.

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Current dialogues on changes in collecting race and ethnicity data have not considered the complexity of tabulating multiple race responses among Hispanics. Racial and ethnic identification - and its public reporting - among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States is embedded in dynamic social factors. Ignoring these factors leads to significant problems in interpreting data and understanding the relationship of race, ethnicity, and health among Hispanics/Latinos. In the flurry of activity to resolve challenges posed by multiple race responses, we must remember the larger issue that looms in the foreground - the lack of adequate estimates of mortality and health conditions affecting Hispanics/Latinos. The implications are deemed important because Hispanics/Latinos will become the largest minority group in the United States within the next decade.

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  • Amaro, H. & Zambrana, R.E., 2000. "Criollo, mestizo, mulato, latinegro, indigena, white, or black? The US Hispanic/Latino population and multiple responses in the 2000 census," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 90(11), pages 1724-1727.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2000:90:11:1724-1727_6
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    1. Perreira, Krista M. & Telles, Edward E., 2014. "The color of health: Skin color, ethnoracial classification, and discrimination in the health of Latin Americans," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 241-250.
    2. Clare Herrick, 2008. "To the West and East of Interstate-35: Obesity, Philanthropic Entrepreneurialism, and the Delineation of Risk in Austin, Texas," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 40(11), pages 2715-2733, November.

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