Authors
Citation
W. Petersen, Surnames in US population records, POP DEV REV, 27(2), 2001, pp. 315
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
EnvirnmentalStudies Geografy & Development
Journal title
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
ISSN journal
00987921
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Volume
27
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-7921(200106)27:2<315:SIUPR>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Two federal agencies have used surnames to classify persons by ethnicity. A
s two important twentieth-century examples, names were used to set immigrat
ion quotas, and the Census Bureau used names as the defining characteristic
of Hispanics. However, many names have been changed and, if unaltered, the
y are in any case an unreliable index of ethnic identity.