简介研究都市中少数民族社区的主要难题之一是缺乏有关资料。人口构成的诸成份如性别、年龄、及婚姻状况等通常可以从全国人口普查资料中得到。但这些资料一般不按城市中的种族来编制。都市中少数民族人口统计资料很少正式收集或公开发表。例如,要对唐人街的人口结构进行研究就必须 Introduction One of the major challenges in studying urban ethnic communities is the lack of relevant information. The composition of the population, such as gender, age, and marital status, can usually be obtained from the national census data. However, these data are generally not compiled according to the race in the city. Few formally collected or publicly published ethnic minority demographic data in cities. For example, the demographic structure of Chinatown must be studied