Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Hispanic 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	5,312		5,333
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	1.45	0.2	0.69	0.1	* -0.76	-1.17	-0.34

Responses to Hispanic origin question	5,235		5,296

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
Not Hispanic	42.52	1.4	43.64	1.4	1.12	-2.02	4.25
Hispanic	57.48	1.4	56.36	1.4	-1.12	-4.25	2.02
Mexican	20.90	1.1	19.35	1.0	-1.54	-3.84	0.75
Puerto Rican	8.50	0.7	8.91	0.8	0.41	-1.26	2.08
Cuban	6.97	0.6	5.51	0.6	-1.46	-2.97	0.05
Other Hispanic	21.11	1.0	22.58	1.2	1.48	-1.02	3.97