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Abstract #302655

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Activity Number: 254
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 9, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #302655
Title: Session on Ethnicity and Race in Crossnational Comparisons
Author(s): Charles Louis Kincannon*+ and Dallas Welch*+ and Douglas Norris*+ and Tukufu Zuberi*+ and Ann Morning*+
Companies: Statistics New Zealand and U.S. Census Bureau and Statistics Canada and University of Pennsylvania and New York University
Address: , Washington, DC, 20233, , Wellington, 6000, New Zealand Census and Demographic Statistics, Kanata, ON, K2T 1K2, Population Studies Center, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6298, Department of Sociology, New York, NY, 10003,
Keywords: Race ; Ethnicity ; International Comparisons ; Measurement ; Statistical Policy and Standards
Abstract:

National measurement of ethnicity and race is a controversial topic of increasing importance. Countries define and measure ethnicity and race in different ways depending upon their national experience and context. Because of the diversity of methods used and the need for comparability and reliability of the results, it is important to understand the way measurement of race and ethnicity is evolving in national, subregional, and regional contexts. With increased globalization, internal migration, and movement across borders, this topic becomes more complex and important. Th talk will highlight statistical policy and measurement approaches used by countries in the reporting of race and ethnicity, with special attention to population and housing censuses and related surveys. Panelists are experts from national statistical offices representing a wide range of regional perspectives and national experiences. The deliberations will address the potential for current and future national and crossnational comparison and analysis. Panelists will review practices and changes in statistical policy and measurement approaches to data collection, usage, and comparability.

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