ASSIGNING RACE TO OCCUPATIONAL COHORTS USING CENSUS BLOCK STATISTICS

ASSIGNING RACE TO OCCUPATIONAL COHORTS USING CENSUS BLOCK STATISTICS

Race is an important determinant of disease frequency, yet the race of subjects in retrospective epidemiologic studies is frequently unknown. If addresses are available, the race of study subjects may be estimated from the racial composition of the blocks on which they have resided. Such information...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of epidemiology 1990-05, Vol.131 (5), p.928-934
Hauptverfasser: ANDJELKOVICH, DRAGANA A., RICHARDSON, REGINA B., ENTERLINE, PHILIP E., LEVINE, RICHARD J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
African Americans
Biological and medical sciences
blacks
Cohort Studies
data collection
Death Certificates
Demography
Epidemiologic Methods
ethnic groups
European Continental Ancestry Group
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
occupations
Population
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
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Zusammenfassung:Race is an important determinant of disease frequency, yet the race of subjects in retrospective epidemiologic studies is frequently unknown. If addresses are available, the race of study subjects may be estimated from the racial composition of the blocks on which they have resided. Such information can be obtained from census block statistics for Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas and, with the 1990 Census, probably for the entire United States. The authors assigned black race to persons on blocks with >60% black residents and white race to those residing on blocks containing
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115582