title: Religious and ethnic self-identification in the United States 1989-90:  a case study of the Jewish population.
abstract: "In 1989-90, a three-stage national survey was conducted [in the United States]...to identify those households in which the respondents did not report their religion as Jewish but which contained any persons (including the respondent) who 'considered' themselves Jewish, who were raised Jewish, or who had a Jewish parent.... This paper evaluates the extent to which the...different forms of Jewish attachment produce sub-populations with varying socio-demographic characteristics and the degree to which inclusion or exclusion of particular sub-groups affects the overall size and composition of the aggregate Jewish population."  This paper was originally presented at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kosmin
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003469:Culture; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D007585:Jews; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012067:Religion; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Households; Jews; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Size; Religion; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Studies; Survey Methodology; Surveys; United States