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	5,426		5,312
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	12.92	0.8	1.45	0.2	* -11.47	-12.82	-10.12

Responses to race question	4,725		5,235

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	67.49	1.4	14.38	0.8	* -53.11	-55.50	-50.71
Black	10.58	0.9	7.83	0.7	* -2.75	-4.55	-0.95
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.63	0.2	0.32	0.1	-0.31	-0.73	0.11
Asian and Pacific Islander	2.10	0.4	1.55	0.3	-0.55	-1.40	0.30
Hispanic			57.48	1.4
Other race	15.70	1.2	0.42	0.1	* -15.28	-17.22	-13.35
Multiracial category/multiple race	2.33	0.4	0.90	0.2	* -1.43	-2.10	-0.76
Unrequested multiple response	1.16	0.3	17.12	1.0	* 15.95	14.23	17.68