Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Race	Panel D: race question first		Panel B: Hispanic origin question first		Difference (Panel B minus Panel D)
	Panel D: race question first		Panel B: Hispanic origin question first		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	3,378		3,275
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	4.06	0.6	4.24	0.6	0.19	-1.10	1.48

Responses to race question	3,241		3,136

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	48.90	1.6	51.98	1.7	3.07	-0.37	6.51
Black	4.38	0.7	4.21	0.7	-0.17	-1.54	1.20
American Indian and Alaska Native	35.85	1.5	32.72	1.6	-3.14	-6.56	0.28
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.74	0.3	2.42	0.6	* 1.68	0.55	2.82
Other race	5.65	0.7	4.18	0.6	-1.47	-3.10	0.17
Multiracial category/multiple race	3.27	0.5	3.67	0.6	0.40	-0.91	1.70
Unrequested multiple response	1.20	0.3	0.83	0.3	-0.37	-0.99	0.24