Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Table 1-6.

Overview of Mail Return Responses by Panel for the Hispanic 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		66.4	67.5	64.6	56.1	14.4	13.7	67.3	66.9
Black		12.0	10.6	13.6	11.0	7.8	8.0	10.9	11.8
American Indian and    Alaska Native (AIAN)		1.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.8
Asian and Pacific Islander (API)		1.9	2.1	1.6	2.1	1.6	2.0	3.5	2.1
Hispanic		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	57.5	56.4	(X)	(X)
Other race		16.7	15.7	15.9	24.9	0.4	0.4	14.2	16.1
Reporting more than one race 2/		1.5	3.5	3.6	5.0	18.0	19.4	3.5	2.2
Hispanic and White		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	14.9	17.0	(X)	(X)
Hispanic and Black		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	0.4	0.7	(X)	(X)
Hispanic and AIAN		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	0.2	0.4	(X)	(X)
Hispanic and API		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(z)	(z)	(X)	(X)
Hispanic and "Other race,"        and Hispanic and        multiracial category 3/		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	1.1	0.6	(X)	(X)
Hispanic and two or more        races, excluding Black,        AIAN, and API		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(z)	(z)	(X)	(X)
Hispanic and two or more        races, including Black,        AIAN, or API		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	0.1	0.1	(X)	(X)
Other than Hispanic		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	1.4	0.6	(X)	(X)
ILLUSTRATIVE APPROACHES TO RACIAL CLASSIFICATION
Percent of mail return    responses
Hispanic - single race or origin 4/		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	57.5	56.4	(X)	(X)
Hispanic - historical series 4/, 5/		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	73.5	73.9	(X)	(X)
Hispanic - all inclusive 6/		76.6	75.6	74.1	77.5	74.1	75.1	76.0	73.6

(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/ Separate questions on race and Hispanic origin, because they allow Hispanics to report any race,
     provide data on Hispanic origin that are most comparable to data from the all-inclusive approach.
5/ Hispanic only; Hispanic and White; Hispanic and "Other race," and Hispanic and multiracial
     category; and Hispanic and two or more other races, excluding Black, AIAN and API.
6/ For Panels A, B, C, D, G, and H with a separate question on Hispanic origin: responses of
     Hispanic. For Panels E and F with a combined question on race and origin: Hispanic only,
     and Hispanic with any other response on race.