Useful Variables Created for Analysis for Race and Ethnicity Supplement

The following variables were created for analysis of the major research issues across the four panels of the supplement. These recoded variables contain values from their respective unedited variables that appeared in each panel of the supplement allowing direct comparison between panels. These variables were used to create the tables in the Press Release and the final report (BLS Statistical Note #40).

PRSANCST Ancestry

VALID ENTRIES:

-1 = Out of Universe
1 = European
2 = Spanish Speaking
3 = sub-Saharan / Unspecified Black
4 = Asian or Pacific Islander
5 = American Indian / Alaskan
6 = All Other

PRSAHIS1 Hispanic Origin using Information from the First Hispanic Origin Question

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Hispanic
2 = Non-Hispanic

PRSAHIS2 Hispanic Origin plus Multiracial Hispanics in panel 4

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Hispanic
2 = Non-Hispanic

PRSAHIS3 Hispanic Origin using Information from all Hispanic Origin Questions

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Hispanic
2 = Non-Hispanic

PRSARAC1 Race Variable Using Information from the first Question assessing Racial Identity with the Follow-up Question for Multiracials in Panels 2 and 4 assessing Specific Races

VALID ENTRIES:

-1 = Out of Universe
1 = White
2 = Black
3 = Hispanic
4 = American Indian, Aleut or Eskimo
5 = Asian or Pacific Islander
6 = Something else
7 = Don't know or not ascertained
8 = No race, Don't know or not ascertained
9 = Something else, as only race
10 = Only one race
11 = White and Black; Black and White
12 = American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut plus one other race
13 = Asian or Pacific Islander plus one other race
14 = One race plus something else
15 = Something else plus Something else
16 = Other 2 races
17 = 3 or more races

PRSARAC2 Race Variable with separate Hispanic and Multiracial categories

(collapsed from PRSARAC1)

VALID ENTRIES:

-1 = Out of Universe
1 = White
2 = Black
3 = Hispanic
4 = American Indian
5 = Asian Pacific Islander
6 = Multiracial
7 = Other

PRSARAC3 Race Variable with 5 categories (collapsed from PRSARAC1)

VALID ENTRIES:

-1 = Out of Universe
1 = White
2 = Black
3 = American Indian
4 = Asian or Pacific Islander
5 = All other

PRSARAC4 The Race Variable Using Information from All Questions assessing Racial Identity

VALID ENTRIES:

-1 = Out of Universe
1 = White
2 = Black
3 = Hispanic
4 = American Indian, Aleut or Eskimo
5 = Asian or Pacific Islander
6 = Something else
7 = Don't know or not ascertained
8 = White and Black; Black and White
9 = American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut plus one other race

10 = Asian or Pacific Islander plus one other race

11 = One race plus something else
12 = Other 2 races
13 = 3 or more races

PRSARAC5 Race Variable with Multiracial category

(collapsed from PRSARAC4)

VALID ENTRIES:

-1 = Out of Universe
1 = White
2 = Black
3 = American Indian
4 = Asian Pacific Islander
5 = Multiracial
6 = All Other

PRSARAC6 Race Variable with 5 categories (collapsed from PRSARAC4)

VALID ENTRIES:

-1 = Out of Universe
1 = White
2 = Black
3 = American Indian
4 = Asian Pacific Islander
5 = All Other

PRSHNAT Hispanic Nationality

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Mexican or Mexican-American or Chicano
2 = Puerto Rican
3 = Cuban
4 = Central American or South American
5 = Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin group
6 = Not really Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin

PRSHSPRA Prefer to have Hispanic Included in List of Races

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Yes
2 = No

PRSMREA1 Reasons for Multiracial: Parents from Different Racial Groups

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Yes
2 = No

PRSMREA2 Reasons for Multiracial: Ancestors before Parents from Different Racial Groups

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Yes
2 = No

PRSMREA3 Reasons for Multiracial: Specific group belong to is mixed

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Yes
2 = No

PRSTERMA Preferred Racial Terms for American Indians

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = American Indian
2 = Alaska Native
3 = Native American
4 = Some other term
5 = No Preference

PRSTERMB Preferred Racial Terms for Blacks

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Black
2 = African-American
3 = Afro-American
4 = Negro
5 = Colored
6 = Some other term
7 = No Preference

PRSTERMH Preferred Ethnic Terms for Hispanics

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Hispanic
2 = Latino
3 = Of Spanish Origin
4 = Some other term
5 = No Preference

PRSTERMM Preferred Racial Terms for Multiracials

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = Multiracial
2 = More than 1 race
3 = Biracial
4 = Mixed-race
5 = Mestizo / Mestiza
6 = Some other term
7 = No Preference

PRSTERMW Preferred Racial Terms for Whites

VALID ENTRIES:

-3 = Refused
-2 = Don't Know
-1 = Out of Universe
1 = White
2 = Caucasian
3 = European-American
4 = Anglo
5 = Some other term
6 = No Preference

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