Census Bureau

Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Table R-6. Reporting More Than One Race by Panel for the Hispanic Targeted Sample

(See Appendix C, Introduction, for explanations of detailed tables)
Race 1/ Panel
description		 Panel A Panel B Panel C Panel D Panel E Panel F Panel G Panel H
Sequence > Hispanic
origin first		 Hispanic
origin first		 Hispanic
origin first		 Race first Combined
question		 Combined
question		 Hispanic
origin first		 Hispanic
origin first
Multiracial
category >		 No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No
Race
instruction >		 Mark one Mark one Mark one
or more		 Mark one Mark one Mark one
or more		 Mark one Mark all
that apply
  Esti-
mate		 Stan.
error		 Esti-
mate		 Stan.
error		 Esti-
mate		 Stan.
error		 Esti-
mate		 Stan.
error		 Esti-
mate		 Stan.
error		 Esti-
mate		 Stan.
error		 Esti-
mate		 Stan.
error		 Esti-
mate		 Stan.
error
                                 
Percent distribution of mail
   return responses		                                
                                 
   Total 100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0  
Reporting one race 98.5 0.3 96.5 0.5 96.4 0.7 95.0 0.5 82.0 1.0 80.6 0.9 96.5 0.8 97.8 0.6
Reporting more than one race 2/ 1.5 0.3 3.5 0.5 3.6 0.7 5.0 0.5 18.0 1.0 19.4 0.9 3.5 0.8 2.2 0.6
  Hispanic and White (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 14.9 1.0 17.0 0.9 (X) (X) (X) (X)
  Hispanic and Black (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.1 (X) (X) (X) (X)
  Hispanic and AIAN 3/ (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 (X) (X) (X) (X)
  Hispanic and API 4/ (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (z) (z) (z) (z) (X) (X) (X) (X)
   Hispanic and "Other race,"
       and Hispanic and
       multiracial category 5/		 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1.1 0.3 0.6 0.2 (X) (X) (X) (X)
   Hispanic and two or more other
       races, excluding Black,
       AIAN, 3/ and API 4/		 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (z) (z) (z) (z) (X) (X) (X) (X)
   Hispanic and two or more
       races, including Black,
       AIAN, 3/ or API 4/		 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 0.1 (z) 0.1 0.1 (X) (X) (X) (X)
   Other than Hispanic (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) 1.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 (X) (X) (X) (X)
(X) Not applicable.
(z) Represents zero or rounds to zero.
1/ Race or origin for Panel E and Panel F.
2/ Reporting more than one race includes multiracial category (Panels B, D, E, and G),
multiple race (Panels C, F, and H), and unrequested multiple response (Panels A, B, D, E, and G).
3/ American Indian and Alaska Native.
4/ Asian and Pacific Islander.
5/ Multiracial category was checked, but no write-in entry was provided.

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