Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Race or origin	Panel B: separate questions with a multiracial category		Panel E: combined question with a multiracial category		Difference (Panel E minus Panel B)
	Panel B: separate questions with a multiracial category		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	4,454		4,388
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	1.80	0.3	1.03	0.2	* -0.77	-1.37	-0.17

Responses to race question	4,374		4,343

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	96.66	0.5	94.36	0.6	* -2.30	-3.55	-1.06
Black	0.48	0.2	0.48	0.1	0.00	-0.37	0.38
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.09	0.1	0.53	0.2	* 0.44	0.11	0.77
Asian and Pacific Islander	0.82	0.3	0.83	0.2	0.01	-0.59	0.60
Hispanic			1.59	0.4
Other race	0.75	0.3	0.12	0.1	* -0.64	-1.13	-0.14
Multiracial category/multiple race	0.41	0.1	0.48	0.1	0.07	-0.20	0.34
Unrequested multiple response	0.78	0.2	1.61	0.3	* 0.83	0.19	1.48