Methodology and Measurement in the Study of Multiracial aMericans: Identity, Classification, and Perceptions

Abstract

Abstract This article lays out some of the methodological issues in doing research on multiracial people (those whose immediate and/or distant ancestors come from different racial or ethnic groups), including how they are counted, how they are perceived, how they identify themselves, what factors affect their self‐identifications, and how their identifications change over time.