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ERIC Number: EJ496721
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Some Practical Guidelines for Measuring Youth's Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status.
Entwisle, Doris R.; Astone, Nan Marie
Child Development, v65 n6 p1521-40 Dec 1994
Suggests that recent social changes and trends make it imperative to include demographics of all kinds in research on child development. Proposes guidelines to help child development researchers procure demographic information from their study population. Provides specific questions that may help researchers devise demographic indicators, and presents a brief discussion of issues related to choices among measures. (AA)
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Child Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography, Ethnicity, Measures (Individuals), Questionnaires, Race, Research Methodology, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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