Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Race or 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	Estimate	Lower bound	Upper bound

Total persons on mail returns	2,459		5,333
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	13.50	1.3	0.69	0.1	* -12.81	-14.99	-10.63

Responses to race question	2,127		5,296

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	64.55	1.8	13.69	0.8	* -50.86	-54.19	-47.53
Black	13.59	1.2	7.95	0.8	* -5.64	-7.68	-3.59
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.80	0.4	0.21	0.1	-0.59	-1.25	0.06
Asian and Pacific Islander	1.60	0.5	2.02	0.4	0.42	-0.54	1.39
Hispanic			56.36	1.4
Other race	15.89	1.6	0.40	0.2	* -15.49	-18.17	-12.81
Multiracial category/multiple race	3.57	0.7	19.37	0.9	* 15.80	13.93	17.67
Unrequested multiple response