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%T Measuring ethnicity: challenges and opportunities for survey research %A Burton, Jonathan %A Nandi, Alita %A Platt, Lucinda %J Ethnic and Racial Studies %N 8 %P 1332-1349 %V 33 %D 2010 %K Ethnic identity; ethnicity; ethnic groups; survey data; census; categories %= 2011-02-11T09:57:00Z %~ http://www.peerproject.eu/ %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-215805 %X Measuring ethnic identity in social surveys has traditionally been problematic, often using a single question and allowing the respondent to choose one category from a pre-defined list. In this paper we discuss the rationale for and limitations of measuring a complex and multi-dimensional concept with a simple, uni-dimensional question. We propose that operationalising ethnicity as multi-dimensional requires multiple questions to capture the complexity of the concept. Giving researchers a number of different measures enables them to focus on the dimensions of interest to them, and has the potential to open up the rich resources of theoretically-robust survey research to researchers from a range of disciplines concerned with questions of ethnic identification. %C GBR %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info