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Persons > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Ethnicity
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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Demography > Population Groups > North American People > Population Groups, US > Ethnicity

Preferred term

Ethnicity  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Ethnic Group
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Nationalities
  • Nationality

Note

  • do not confuse ethnicity with RACIAL GROUPS

Scope note

  • A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.

History note

  • 2022(1968)

In other languages

  • etnisyys

    Finnish

  • etninen ryhmä
  • etniset ryhmät
  • Etnicitet

    Swedish

  • Etniska grupper
  • Nationalitet

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005006

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