Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Race	Panel B: with a multiracial category		Panel C: "mark one or more" instruction		Difference (Panel C minus Panel B)
	Panel B: with a multiracial category		Panel C: "mark one or more" instruction		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	4,795		2,480
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	3.09	0.4	3.43	0.5	0.34	-0.72	1.40

Responses to race question	4,647		2,395

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	24.12	1.2	22.63	1.5	-1.49	-4.41	1.43
Black	71.77	1.1	72.73	1.7	0.97	-2.06	4.00
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.37	0.1	0.29	0.2	-0.07	-0.42	0.27
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.88	0.3	0.58	0.3	-0.30	-1.04	0.45
Other race	1.61	0.4	1.96	0.6	0.35	-0.79	1.48
Multiracial category/multiple race	0.95	0.2	1.80	0.6	0.85	-0.12	1.81
Unrequested multiple response	0.30	0.1