title: Genetic bio-ancestry and social construction of racial classification in social surveys in the contemporary United States.
abstract: Self-reported race is generally considered the basis for racial classification in social surveys, including the U.S. census. Drawing on recent advances in human molecular genetics and social science perspectives of socially constructed race, our study takes into account both genetic bio-ancestry and social context in understanding racial classification. This article accomplishes two objectives. First, our research establishes geographic genetic bio-ancestry as a component of racial classification. Second, it shows how social forces trump biology in racial classification and/or how social context interacts with bio-ancestry in shaping racial classification. The findings were replicated in two racially and ethnically diverse data sets: the College Roommate Study (N = 2,065) and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 2,281).
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3210, USA, guang_guo@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yilan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Hedwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tianji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mullan Harris
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063588:National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; D010375:Pedigree; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report; D012933:Social Identification; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
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