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	5,158		5,426
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	14.08	1.0	12.92	0.8	-1.16	-3.22	0.91

Responses to race question	4,432		4,725

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	56.11	1.2	67.49	1.4	* 11.38	8.63	14.12
Black	11.03	0.9	10.58	0.9	-0.45	-2.44	1.54
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.90	0.3	0.63	0.2	-0.27	-0.94	0.41
Asian and Pacific Islander	2.12	0.4	2.10	0.4	-0.03	-0.94	0.89
Other race	24.86	1.2	15.70	1.2	* -9.16	-11.71	-6.61
Multiracial category/multiple race	3.47	0.4	2.33	0.4	* -1.15	-2.15	-0.14
Unrequested multiple response	1.49	0.3	1.16	0.3	-0.33	-0.98	0.33