Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Race	Panel A: no multiracial category		Panel B: with a multiracial category		Difference (Panel B minus Panel A)
	Panel A: no multiracial category		Panel B: with a multiracial category		Estimate	90-percent confidence level
	Count or estimate	Standard error	Count or estimate	Standard error	Estimate	Lower bound	Upper bound

Total persons on mail returns	3,310		3,275
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	4.29	0.6	4.24	0.6	-0.05	-1.36	1.27

Responses to race question	3,168		3,136

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	51.45	1.7	51.98	1.7	0.53	-3.06	4.11
Black	3.91	0.7	4.21	0.7	0.30	-1.12	1.71
American Indian and Alaska Native	35.76	1.6	32.72	1.6	-3.05	-6.44	0.35
Asian and Pacific Islander	2.46	0.6	2.42	0.6	-0.04	-1.47	1.39
Other race	4.89	0.8	4.18	0.6	-0.72	-2.25	0.82
Multiracial category/multiple race			3.67	0.6
Unrequested multiple response	1.52	0.3	0.83	0.3	* -0.69	-1.33	-0.04