Determining aspects of ethnicity amongst persons of South Asian origin: The use of a surname-classification programme (Nam Pehchan)
Determining aspects of ethnicity amongst persons of South Asian origin: The use of a surname-classification programme (Nam Pehchan)
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10.1016/j.puhe.2006.07.001
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发表时间：
2007-03-01
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5.2
通讯作者：
Esmail, Aneez
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Macfarlane, Gary J.;Lunt, Mark;Esmail, Aneez
目的：基于姓名的分类系统在识别基于可能的少数民族的研究样本中具有潜在的用途。本研究的目的是评估南贝灿人的宗教和语言名称分类程序与被试自我报告的有效性。研究设计和背景：在英格兰西北部和西米德兰地区进行了一项以人口为基础的横断面调查，南亚少数民族群体密度相对较高。抽样框架是选定的全科医生的年龄-性别登记，并使用Nam Pehchan方案根据语言和宗教对受试者进行分类。这些结果与受试者在一份自行完成的邮寄问卷上的回答进行了比较。结果：参与调查的一千九百四十九名受试者将自己归类为南亚人。穆斯林（92%）和锡克教徒（86%）对宗教的敏感度很高，印度教徒（62%）则稍低一些。所有种族的特异性均超过95%。绝大多数指定旁遮普语或古吉拉特语为主要南亚语言的受试者表明，他们实际上会说这些语言（分别为97%和94%）。然而，被分配乌尔都语或孟加拉语的受试者不太可能这样做（分别为61%和35%）。结论：基于名字的分类系统Nam Pehchan在南亚人口的一些亚群体中，在确定语言和宗教等主题方面显示出很高的准确性，并且可能是一个有用的附加工具。当没有关于种族的信息时。(c) 2006年，皇家公共卫生研究所。Elsevier Ltd.出版。版权所有。
Objective: Name-based classification systems are potentially useful in identifying study samples based on probable ethnic minority group. The aim of the current study was to assess the validity of the Nam Pehchan name classification programme of religion and language against subject self-report.Study design and setting: A population-based cross-sectional survey conducted in areas of the North-West and West Midland regions of England with a relatively high density of South Asian ethnic minority groups. The sampling frame was age-sex registers of selected general practices and subjects were classified according to language and religion using the Nam Pehchan programme. These were compared with responses by subjects on a self-complete postal questionnaire.Results: One thousand nine hundred and forty-nine subjects who participated, classified themselves as South Asian. Sensitivity in identifying religion was high amongst Muslims (92%) and Sikhs (86%), and somewhat tower in Hindus (62%). Specificity exceeded 95% for all ethnic groups. The vast majority of subjects assigned Punjabi or Gujarati as their main South Asian language indicated that they did in fact speak these languages (97% and 94%, respectively). Subjects assigned Urdu or Bengali, however, were less likely to do so (61% and 35%, respectively).Conclusions: The name-based classification system Nam Pehchan has demonstrated high levels of accuracy in some sub-groups of the South Asian population in determining subjects likely language spoken and religion-and is likely to be a useful additional tool. when information on ethnicity is not already available. (c) 2006 The Royal Institute of Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.