Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Table 1-3.

Overview of Mail Return Responses by Panel for the American Indian, Targeted Sample

Race 1/	Panel description	Panel A	Panel B	Panel C	Panel D	Panel E	Panel F	Panel G	Panel H
	Sequence >	Hispanic origin first	Hispanic origin first	Hispanic origin first	Race first	Combined question	Combined question	Hispanic origin first	Hispanic origin first
	Multiracial category >	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Race instruction >	Mark one	Mark one	Mark one or more	Mark one	Mark one	Mark one or more	Mark one	Mark all that apply
Percent distribution of mail    return responses
Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
White		51.5	52.0	50.7	48.9	43.0	40.9	50.8	51.1
Black		3.9	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.3	3.8	4.4	3.4
American Indian and    Alaska Native (AIAN)		35.8	32.7	37.2	35.9	34.4	35.9	33.9	35.3
Asian and Pacific Islander (API)		2.5	2.4	1.5	0.7	1.1	0.9	1.7	0.7
Hispanic		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	11.7	11.2	(X)	(X)
Other race		4.9	4.2	2.0	5.7	0.3	0.1	4.4	5.2
Reporting more than one race 2/		1.5	4.5	4.2	4.5	5.2	7.2	4.8	4.3
AIAN and White		0.7	1.6	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	0.9	3.2
AIAN and Black		0.1	(z)	0.2	0.1	0.3	(z)	0.1	(z)
AIAN and API		(z)	0.1	0.1	0.1	(z)	(z)	0.3	0.1
AIAN and Hispanic		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	0.6	1.7	(X)	(X)
AIAN and "Other race," and        AIAN and multiracial        category 3/		0.1	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.6	0.4
AIAN and two or more other        races, excluding Black        and API 4/		0.1	0.1	(z)	0.2	(z)	(z)	0.3	0.1
AIAN and two or more other        races, including Black        or API 5/		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	(z)
Other than AIAN		0.4	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.6	3.3	1.5	0.4
ILLUSTRATIVE APPROACHES TO RACIAL CLASSIFICATION
Percent of mail return    responses
AIAN - single race		35.8	32.7	37.2	35.9	34.4	35.9	33.9	35.3
AIAN - historical series 6/		36.7	35.5	40.1	38.0	35.8	37.9	36.8	39.0
AIAN - all inclusive 7/		36.9	35.7	40.5	38.3	37.0	39.9	37.2	39.2

(X) Not applicable.
(z) Represents zero or rounds to zero.
1/ Race or origin for Panel E and Panel F.
2/ Reporting more than one race includes multiracial category (Panels B, D, E, and G), multiple race
     (Panels C, F, and H), and unrequested multiple response (Panels A, B, D, E, and G).
3/ Multiracial category was checked, but no write-in entry was provided.
4/ And excluding Hispanic in Panels E and F.
5/ Or including Hispanic in Panels E and F.
6/ AIAN only; AIAN and White; AIAN and "Other race," and AIAN and multiracial category; and
     AIAN and two or more other races, excluding Black and API (and excluding Hispanic in
     Panels E and F).
7/ AIAN only, and AIAN with any other response on race.