Who Is Multiracial? Assessing the Complexity of Lived Race
研究利用全国青少年健康纵向调查数据，发现约12%的青少年对种族问题回答不一致，且种族分类模式因群体而异，对使用种族数据者及新普查数据有启示。
Patterns of racial classification in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health are examined. The survey's large sample size and multiple indicators of race permit generalizable claims about patterns and processes of social construction in the racial categorization of adolescents. About 12 percent of youth provide inconsistent responses to nearly identical questions about race, context affects one's choice of a single-race identity, and nearly all patterns and processes of racial classification depend on which racial groups are involved. The implications ofthe findings are discussed for users of data on race in general, and for the new census data in particular