Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Table 1-9.

Reporting on the Hispanic Origin Question in the Hispanic Targeted Sample, for Selected Panels (Percent distribution)

Hispanic origin	Panel A	Panel B	Panel C	Panel D	Panel E 1/	Panel F 1/	Panel H
	Hispanic origin question first; no multiracial category	Hispanic origin question first; with a multiracial category	Hispanic origin question first; "mark one or more" instruction	Race question first; with a multiracial category	Combined question; with a multiracial category	Combined question; "mark one or more" instruction	Hispanic origin question first; "mark all that apply" instruction
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	5.6	7.5	6.1	10.0	1.5	0.7	4.9
Percent distribution of responses
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Not Hispanic	23.4	24.4	25.9	22.5	42.5	43.6	26.4
Hispanic	76.5	75.6	74.1	77.5	57.5	56.4	73.5
Mexican	21.8	26.5	22.5	23.8	20.9	19.4	22.5
Puerto Rican	31.0	26.8	28.4	29.6	8.5	8.9	26.2
Cuban	17.8	17.3	17.4	18.2	7.0	5.5	16.8
Other Hispanic	6.0	5.1	5.8	5.9	21.1	22.6	8.0

1/ Data are based on the ancestry component (Part B) of the combined question.