The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #52519

Charles DiSogra, DrPH¹, Ninez Alafriz Ponce, MPP, PhD², Wei Yen, PhD¹, E. Richard Brown, PhD¹, and Delight E. Satter, MPH³. (1) UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 10911 Weyburn Avenue, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90024, (310) 794-0946, cdisogra@ucla.edu, (2) UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA School of Public Health, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, (3) Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Los Angeles, 10911 Weyburn Avenue, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1772

This paper presents alternative methods of classifying respondents into racial and ethnic categories and the effects of each classification method on estimates for health indicators.

Learning Objectives:

• This paper presents alternative methods of classifying respondents into racial and ethnic categories and the effects of each classification method on estimates for health indicators.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.