Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Race or origin	Panel E: combined question with a multiracial category		Panel F: combined question with a "mark one or more" instruction		Difference (Panel F minus Panel E)
	Panel E: combined question 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	3,271		3,360
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	0.79	0.2	1.07	0.3	0.28	-0.31	0.86

Responses to race question	3,245		3,324

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	43.02	1.5	40.91	1.5	-2.11	-5.16	0.95
Black	4.28	0.7	3.79	0.6	-0.49	-1.79	0.81
American Indian and Alaska Native	34.42	1.7	35.92	1.6	1.50	-1.90	4.89
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.11	0.3	0.87	0.3	-0.24	-1.04	0.56
Hispanic	11.68	1.1	11.16	1.0	-0.52	-2.90	1.86
Other race	0.34	0.2	0.12	0.1	-0.22	-0.60	0.17
Multiracial category/multiple race	2.65	0.5	7.22	0.7	* 4.57	3.12	6.02
Unrequested multiple response	2.50	0.4