Who is Multiracial? Assessing the Complexity of Lived Race
利用全国青少年健康纵向研究的大样本和多指标数据，分析了种族分类的模式，发现约12%的青少年对几乎相同的种族问题给出不一致回答，且背景影响单一种族身份的选择，分类模式因种族群体而异。
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 of the findings are discussed for users of data on race in general, and for the new census data in particular.