Race and ethnicity data for first, middle, and surnames

Abstract We provide the largest compiled publicly available dictionaries of first, middle, and surnames for the purpose of imputing race and ethnicity using, for example, Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG). The dictionaries are based on the voter files of six U.S. Southern States that collec...

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Main Authors: Evan T. R. Rosenman, Santiago Olivella, Kosuke Imai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Data
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02202-2