Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Race	Panel B: without alphabetization		Panel G: with alphabetization		Difference (Panel G minus Panel B)
	Panel B: without alphabetization		Panel G: with alphabetization		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	5,954		2,745
Item nonresponse rate (percent)	2.89	0.5	2.77	0.5	-0.12	-1.24	1.00

Responses to race question	5,782		2,669

Percent distribution of responses

Total	100.00		100.00
White	18.47	0.8	19.75	1.2	1.27	-1.17	3.72
Black	6.05	0.5	4.91	0.7	-1.15	-2.46	0.17
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.36	0.1	0.45	0.2	0.09	-0.34	0.51
Asian and Pacific Islander	60.48	1.2	60.62	1.8	0.14	-3.17	3.46
Chinese	17.50	0.9	18.55	1.5	1.04	-1.63	3.72
Filipino	18.71	1.0	17.83	1.6	-0.88	-3.61	1.85
Hawaiian	5.48	0.5	7.23	0.9	* 1.75	0.13	3.37
Korean	1.59	0.3	1.20	0.4	-0.39	-1.20	0.42
Vietnamese	1.50	0.3	1.99	0.5	0.48	-0.40	1.36
Japanese	8.22	0.6	8.43	0.9	0.21	-1.44	1.87
Asian Indian	0.48	0.2	0.79	0.3	0.30	-0.32	0.92
Samoan	1.37	0.3	0.49	0.3	* -0.88	-1.56	-0.19
Guamanian	0.29	0.1	0.11	0.1	-0.18	-0.39	0.02
Other Asian and Pacific Islander	5.33	0.6	4.01	0.8	-1.32	-2.86	0.23
Other race	4.00	0.5	3.97	0.7	-0.02	-1.39	1.34
Multiracial category/multiple race	7.58	0.7	7.53	0.8	-0.04	-1.73	1.64
Unrequested multiple response	3.06	0.4	2.77	0.6	-0.29	-1.39	0.81