An exploratory mixed methods study of multiracial Americans' race choices on the 2020 census.

Multiracial emerging adults who seek to objectively report their racial background on the census regardless of how they identify shift racial expressions and report lower self-esteem, and like those who want more options added to the census, they experience more identity challenges but are more racially aware. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).