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Connelly, Roxanne, Gayle, Vernon and Lambert, Paul (2016) Ethnicity and ethnic group measures in social survey research. Methodological Innovations, 9 . pp. 1-10. doi:10.1177/2059799116642885 ISSN 2059-7991.

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Abstract

This article is a review of issues associated with measuring ethnicity and using ethnicity measures in social science research. The review is oriented towards researchers who undertake secondary analyses of large-scale multipurpose social science datasets. The article begins with an outline of two main approaches used in social surveys to measure ethnicity, the ‘mutually exclusive category’ approach and the ‘multiple characteristics’ approach. We also describe approaches to the use of ethnicity measures in cross-national comparative research. We emphasise the value of sensitivity analyses. We also encourage researchers to carefully consider the possible relationships between ethnicity and other important variables in order to avoid spurious interpretations of the effects of ethnicity.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Great Britain -- Ethnicity -- Statistics , Social Surveys, Quantitative research
Journal or Publication Title: Methodological Innovations
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 2059-7991
Official Date: 1 January 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
1 January 2016Published
19 April 2016Available
21 December 2015Accepted
Volume: 9
Page Range: pp. 1-10
DOI: 10.1177/2059799116642885
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 15 March 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 8 July 2016

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