Check One or More ... Mixed Race and Ethnicity in California


 

Publication Date: January 2000

Publisher: Public Policy Institute of California

Author(s): Sonya M. Tafoya

Research Area: Population and demographics

Type: Report

Coverage: California

Abstract:

Examines the growing complexity of racial and ethnic identity in California from 1982 to 1997, paying particular attention to annual changes in the number of multiethnic births. The report serves as a timely precursor to the year 2000 census, which for the first time will allow respondents to select more than one race.