TABLE A3. EXAMPLES OF SAMPLING VARIABILITY OF CPS ESTIMATES OF THE FOREIGN BORN FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES OF BIRTH: 1996 AND 1997 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: May 13, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 - 1997 | |---------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------- | | | | | | | Absolute | Absolute Country of Birth | | | | | | | Difference/ | Difference/ | | Standard | | Standard| | SE of the | SE of the | SE of the | Number | Error | Number | Error | Difference | Difference | Difference* | Difference** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Foreign Born 24,557 428 25,779 438 1,222 612 1.995 2.385 EUROPE Germany 523 58 578 61 55 84 0.658 0.787 Italy 463 54 445 53 -18 76 0.237 0.284 Poland 490 56 433 52 -57 76 0.745 0.890 Portugal 146 30 184 34 38 46 0.830 0.991 Great Britain 561 60 601 62 40 86 0.466 0.557 ASIA Cambodia 152 40 150 39 -2 56 0.036 0.043 China/Taiwan 1,194 111 1,467 123 273 166 1.649 1.969 India 757 88 748 88 -9 125 0.072 0.086 South Korea 550 75 591 78 41 109 0.378 0.451 Philippines 1,164 110 1,132 108 -32 154 0.208 0.287 Vietnam 740 87 770 89 30 125 0.240 0.287 AMERICAS Canada 660 85 542 77 -118 115 1.025 1.224 El Salvador 701 88 607 82 -94 120 0.783 1.054 Guatemala 347 62 446 70 99 94 1.058 1.422 Mexico 6,679 268 7,017 275 338 384 0.880 1.187 Nicaragua 241 52 239 51 -2 73 0.027 0.037 Cuba 772 92 913 100 141 136 1.032 1.393 Dom. Republic 515 75 632 83 117 112 1.040 1.400 Haiti 396 66 440 70 44 96 0.458 0.547 Jamaica 506 75 397 66 -109 100 1.092 1.303 Trin./Tobago 121 37 197 47 76 59 1.282 1.532 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Cases above 1.645 are significant at the 90% confidence level. ** Rho factor applied. Cases above 1.645 are significant at the 90% confidence level.