Census Bureau

Table 10-2H.

Combined Question Issue: Comparison of Panel C (Separate Questions with a "Mark One or More" Instruction) and Panel F (Combined Question with a "Mark One or More" Instruction) for the Black Targeted Sample, by Hispanic Origin: 1996 RAETT
(See Appendix C, Introduction, for explanation of detailed tables)
Hispanic origin Panel C:
separate questions
with a "mark one or
more" instruction		 Panel F:
combined question
with a "mark one or
more" instruction		 Difference
(Panel F minus Panel C)
Estimate 90-percent
confidence level
Count or
estimate		 Standard
error		 Count or
estimate		 Standard
error		 Lower
bound		 Upper
bound
               
Total persons on mail returns 2,480   4,807        
 Item nonresponse rate (percent) 12.06 0.9 1.35 0.2 * -10.70 -12.23 -9.18
               
 Responses to Hispanic origin question 2,181   4,742        
               
Percent distribution of responses              
               
  Total 100.00   100.00        
Not Hispanic 95.14 0.9 97.13 0.5 * 1.99 0.40 3.58
Hispanic 4.86 0.9 2.87 0.5 * -1.99 -3.58 -0.40
* Asterisk (if any) indicates that difference is statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division and
Decennial Statistical Studies Division
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