Table 4-5H. |
Multiracial Issue: Comparison of Panel B (With a Multiracial Category) and Panel C ("Mark One or More" Instruction) for the Hispanic Targeted Sample, by Hispanic Origin: 1996 RAETT |
| Hispanic origin | Panel B: with a multiracial category |
Panel C: "mark one or more" instruction |
Difference (Panel C minus Panel B) |
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| Estimate | 90-percent confidence level |
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| Count or estimate |
Standard error |
Count or estimate |
Standard error |
Lower bound |
Upper bound |
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| Total persons on mail returns | 5,426 | 2,459 | |||||
| Item nonresponse rate (percent) | 7.45 | 0.6 | 6.06 | 0.6 | -1.39 | -2.79 | 0.01 |
| Responses to Hispanic origin question | 5,022 | 2,310 | |||||
| Percent distribution of responses | |||||||
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||||
| Not Hispanic | 24.37 | 1.0 | 25.89 | 1.4 | 1.51 | -1.31 | 4.34 |
| Hispanic | 75.63 | 1.0 | 74.11 | 1.4 | -1.51 | -4.34 | 1.31 |
| Mexican | 26.48 | 1.1 | 22.47 | 1.6 | * -4.02 | -7.06 | -0.97 |
| Puerto Rican | 26.76 | 1.1 | 28.40 | 1.7 | 1.64 | -1.44 | 4.71 |
| Cuban | 17.26 | 0.8 | 17.40 | 1.3 | 0.14 | -2.14 | 2.42 |
| Other Hispanic | 5.12 | 0.6 | 5.84 | 0.8 | 0.73 | -0.93 | 2.38 |