CPS Publications - May Race & Ethnicity - Tables from BLS Statistical Notes #40

Table 1. Race from the CPS by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 82.44 82.34 82.65 82.48

Black 10.55 11.10 11.00 10.67

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.73 0.68 0.88 0.84

Asian or Pacific Islander 3.84 3.28 3.39 3.65

All Other 2.44 2.60 2.09 2.36

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 1 - separate Hispanic question, no Multiracial category
Panel 2 - separate Hispanic question, Multiracial category
Panel 3 - no separate Hispanic question, no Multiracial category
Panel 4 - no separate Hispanic question, Multiracial category

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests

PANEL DIFFERENCES No

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only

Multiracial Category only

Both Hispanic Question & MR Category

Both and Interaction

Table 2. Hispanic Origin from the CPS by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

Hispanic 9.75 9.29 8.96 9.82

Non-Hispanic 90.25 90.71 91.04 90.18

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 3. Hispanic Origin from the First Question in the Supplement by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

Hispanic 10.79 10.41 7.53 8.58

Non-Hispanic 89.21 89.59 92.47 91.42

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only X

Multiracial Category only

Both Hispanic Question & MR Category

Both and Interaction

Table 4. Hispanic Origin based on All Opportunities to Identify as Hispanic in the Supplement by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

Hispanic 10.79 10.41 8.81 9.42

Non-Hispanic 89.21 89.59 91.19 90.58

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 5. Racial Distribution from the First Question in the Supplement Assessing Racial Identity with Detailed Identification for Multiracials in Panels 2 and 4

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

Single race breakdown

White 79.88 79.74 75.78 74.66

Black 10.29 10.66 10.60 10.27

Hispanic - - 7.53 8.20

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.97 0.73 1.06 0.79

Asian or Pacific Islander 3.83 3.25 3.25 3.30

Something Else 4.68 3.70 1.50 0.92

Don't Know / Not Applicable 0.34 0.26 0.28 0.32

Total Multiracial - 1.65 - 1.55

Multi race breakdown

No race/don't know/not applicable - 0.02 - 0.00

Something else as only 1 race - 0.51 - 0.22

Only 1 race - 0.53 - 0.15

White-black / Black-white - 0.09 - 0.16

American Indian + 1 race - 0.20 - 0.28

Asian or Pacific Islander + 1 race - 0.07 - 0.28

1 race + Something else - 0.16 - 0.07

Other 2 races - 0.00 - 0.20

3 or more - 0.08 - 0.21

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Note: Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Table 6. Racial Distribution based on First Race Question in the Supplement by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 79.88 79.74 75.78 74.66

Black 10.29 10.66 10.60 10.27

Hispanic - - 7.53 8.20

American Indian 0.97 0.73 1.06 0.79

Asian or Pacific Islander 3.83 3.25 3.25 3.30

Multiracial - 1.65 - 1.55

All Other 5.03 3.97 1.78 1.23

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests

Comparison of Panels 2 and 4 only White Multiracial All Other

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes No Yes

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only X X

Comparison of Panels 1 and 2 only All Other

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes

Differences due to:

Multiracial Category only X

Table 7. Racial Distribution based on First Race Question in the Supplement using the current CPS Categories by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 79.88 79.74 75.78 74.66

Black 10.29 10.66 10.60 10.27

American Indian 0.97 0.73 1.06 0.79

Asian or Pacific Islander 3.83 3.25 3.25 3.30

All Other 5.03 5.62 9.31 10.98

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Note: The All Other category includes Hispanics in Panels 3 & 4 and Multiracials in Panels 2 & 4.

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only

Multiracial Category only

Both Hispanic Question & MR Category X

Both and Interaction

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests each Race separately (versus all others)

White Black American Indian. Asian or Pacific Islander

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes No Yes No

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only X

Multiracial Category only X

Both Hispanic Question & MR Category

Both and Interaction

Table 8. Racial Distribution based on All Race Questions and Opportunities to Identify as Multiracial in the Supplement by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 77.37 75.67 73.79 73.17

Black 9.53 10.19 9.90 9.87

American Indian 0.71 0.56 0.85 0.70

Asian or Pacific Islander 3.53 3.08 3.02 3.19

All Other 8.86 10.51 12.45 13.07

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Note: The All Other category includes Hispanics in Panels 3 & 4 and Multiracials in Panels 2 & 4.

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests each Race separately (versus all others)

White Black American Indian Asian or Pacific Islander

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes No Yes No

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only X

Multiracial Category only X

Both Hispanic Question & MR Category X

Both and Interaction

Table 9. Question on Whether Hispanic should be a Race

Panel

1 2 3 4

Percent Percent Percent Percent

Yes 63.62 60.69 73.60 73.81

No 36.38 39.31 26.40 26.19

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 10. Preferred Racial Terms

Hispanics Percent

Hispanic 57.88

Latino 11.74

Of Spanish Origin 12.34

Some Other Term 7.85

No Preference 10.18

Total 100.00

Whites

White 61.66

Caucasian 16.53

European-American 2.35

Anglo 0.96

Some Other term 1.97

No Preference 16.53

Total 100.00

Blacks

Black 44.15

African-American 28.07

Afro-American 12.12

Negro 3.28

Colored 1.09

Some Other Term 2.19

No Preference 9.11

Total 100.00

American Indians

American Indian 49.76

Alaska Native 3.51

Native American 37.35

Some Other Term 3.66

No Preference 5.72

Total 100.00

Multiracials

Multiracial 28.42

More than 1 race 6.03

Biracial 5.67

Mixed-race 16.02

Mestizo / mestiza 2.25

Some Other Term 13.87

No Preference 27.76

Total 100.00

Note: Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Table 11. Hispanic Nationality from the Supplement by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Hispanic Origin Percent Percent Percent Percent

Mexican, Mexican-American, Chicano 59.45 60.49 67.06 65.21

Puerto Rican 9.66 9.33 10.04 10.46

Cuban 4.69 4.12 1.96 2.40

Central American, South American 13.00 10.61 11.93 11.78

Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish 11.82 13.89 8.73 9.58

Not really Hispanic, Latino, Spanish 0.85 1.29 0.20 0.42

Don't know / Not ascertained 0.54 0.28 0.07 0.15

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Note: Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests each Race separately (versus all others)

Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Central American Other Hispanic

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes No Yes No Yes

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only X X X

Multiracial Category only

Both Hispanic Question & MR Category

Both and Interaction

Table 12. Reasons for Choosing the Multiracial Category by Panel

Panel

1 2 3 4

Reasons for Choosing Multiracial Percent Percent Percent Percent

Parents from different racial groups - 74.38 - 81.13

Ancestors from different racial groups - 69.61 - 77.60

Specific group belong to is mixed - 56.59 - 51.83

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests of each Reason separately

Parents Ancestors Specific Group

PANEL DIFFERENCES No No No

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only

Table 13. Reasons for Choosing Multiracial for Multiracials and Indeterminate Multiracials Separately

Panel 2 Panel 4

Reasons for Choosing Multiracial Multiracial Indeterminate Multiracial Multiracial Indeterminate Multiracial

Parents from different racial groups 75.12 73.16 83.34 69.34

Ancestors from different racial groups 75.07 66.17 79.38 67.57

Specific group belong to is mixed 55.05 56.43 52.49 46.10

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests of each Reason separately

Parents Ancestors Specific Group

DIFFERENCES No No No

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only

True / False Positive only

Both

Both and Interaction

Table 14. Ancestry and Racial Identification in the Supplement by Panel

Panel 1

Ancestry

European Spanish speaking sub-Saharan / Unspecified Black Asian or Pacific Islander Indian / Alaskan All Other

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 97.58 63.88 0.84 16.12 60.45 84.01

Black 1.30 1.38 96.96 2.40 6.81 8.91

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.11 1.07 0.13 0.97 28.97 0.23

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.13 0.56 0.04 73.94 0.01 1.22

All Other 0.88 33.11 2.02 6.58 3.75 5.63

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Note: Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Panel 2

Ancestry

European Spanish speaking sub-Saharan / Unspecified Black Asian or Pacific Islander Indian / Alaskan All Other

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 97.41 62.73 0.63 15.74 57.53 84.18

Black 1.21 1.18 95.42 2.65 8.96 9.73

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.07 0.82 0.22 0.88 23.22 0.38

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.04 0.05 0.00 72.74 0.22 0.49

Multiracial 0.80 4.23 2.61 4.04 7.65 1.47

All Other 0.48 31.00 1.13 3.96 2.41 3.75

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 3

Ancestry

European Spanish speaking sub-Saharan / Unspecified Black Asian or Pacific Islander Indian / Alaskan All Other

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 97.35 17.76 0.44 19.66 55.96 83.05

Black 1.51 0.66 96.33 2.67 7.93 10.14

Hispanic 0.26 78.10 0.15 1.05 1.78 0.93

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.12 0.35 0.20 2.97 31.34 0.36

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.11 0.13 0.00 68.41 0.44 0.46

All Other 0.65 3.00 2.88 5.25 2.56 5.06

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 4

Ancestry

European Spanish speaking sub-Saharan / Unspecified Black Asian or Pacific Islander Indian / Alaskan All Other

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 97.04 16.85 0.81 13.24 54.46 84.18

Black 1.19 0.45 96.15 2.77 8.12 8.06

Hispanic 0.31 78.03 0.06 0.67 4.38 1.25

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.10 0.13 0.07 1.56 24.80 0.58

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.05 0.14 0.00 70.99 0.10 0.51

Multiracial 0.88 2.66 2.03 5.70 6.57 1.35

All Other 0.44 1.74 0.87 5.08 1.56 4.08

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests each Race separately (versus all others)

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes No No Yes

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only X

Multiracial Category only X

Both Hispanic Question & MR Category

Both and Interaction

Table 15. Agreement between Hispanic Origin on the Supplement and Hispanic Origin from the CPS by Panel

Panel 1

CPS

Hispanic Non-Hispanic

Supplement Percent Percent

Hispanic 93.27 1.88

Non-Hispanic 6.73 98.12

Total 100.00 100.00

Panel 2

CPS

Hispanic Non-Hispanic

Supplement Percent Percent

Hispanic 95.30 1.72

Non-Hispanic 4.70 98.28

Total 100.00 100.00

Panel 3

CPS

Hispanic Non-Hispanic

Supplement Percent Percent

Hispanic 79.21 0.48

Non-Hispanic 20.79 99.52

Total 100.00 100.00

Panel 4

CPS

Hispanic Non-Hispanic

Supplement Percent Percent

Hispanic 81.16 0.68

Non-Hispanic 18.74 99.32

Total 100.00 100.00

Table 16. Agreement between Racial Identity on the Supplement and Racial Identify from the CPS by Panel With detailed Identification for Multiracials in Panels 2 & 4

Panel 1

CPS

White Black American Indian, Eskimo or Aluet Asian or Pacific Islander Other

Supplement Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

Single race breakdown

White 95.80 0.78 17.89 2.50 24.36

Black 0.19 95.02 0.64 0.22 3.71

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.36 0.78 74.50 0.27 1.53

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.25 0.01 0.70 90.91 5.19

Something else 3.05 3.14 4.72 6.03 64.52

Don't know/ not ascertained 0.35 0.27 1.55 0.07 0.69

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Note: Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Panel 2

CPS

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander Other

Supplement Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

Single race breakdown

White 95.64 1.23 22.10 1.09 25.85

Black 0.17 93.70 10.17 0.08 2.04

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.31 0.21 58.94 0.40 1.73

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.14 0.06 1.95 92.67 2.69

Something else 2.34 1.89 2.38 3.70 54.97

Don't know/not ascertained 0.26 0.15 0.22 0.23 0.85

Total Multiracial 1.15 2.77 4.24 1.83 11.87

Multi race breakdown

No race/dont know/not ascertained 0.01 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00

Something else as only race 0.34 0.71 0.52 0.12 5.58

Only 1 race 0.43 0.96 1.26 0.34 2.01

White-black/ Black-white 0.02 0.34 0.00 0.00 1.22

American Indian + 1 race 0.19 0.19 1.63 0.34 0.21

Asian or Pacific Islander + 1 race 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.48 0.62

1 race + something else 0.09 0.36 0.83 0.39 1.03

Other two races 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

3 or more 0.03 0.15 0.00 0.15 1.19

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 3

CPS

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander Other

Supplement Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

Single race breakdown

White 91.28 0.63 14.24 1.63 3.91

Black 0.16 94.72 0.63 0.27 1.97

Hispanic 7.10 0.91 4.57 0.61 72.03

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.35 0.25 71.98 2.98 0.59

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.09 0.15 3.50 88.01 7.31

Something else 0.82 3.06 5.07 4.88 13.33

Don't know/not ascertained 0.21 0.27 0.00 1.62 0.87

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 4

CPS

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander Other

Supplement Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

Single race breakdown

White 90.15 0.57 14.44 1.44 3.06

Black 0.16 94.62 2.52 0.00 1.11

Hispanic 7.64 0.24 7.43 0.68 75.36

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.24 0.22 61.71 0.43 1.29

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.12 0.03 1.98 86.00 1.73

Something else 0.54 0.94 2.51 4.35 8.10

Don't know/not ascertained 0.22 1.01 1.47 0.15 0.23

Total Multiracial 0.92 2.36 7.94 6.93 9.11

Multi race breakdown

No race/don't know/not ascertained 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Something else as only race 0.11 0.31 0.00 1.11 2.33

Only 1 race 0.09 0.35 1.15 0.46 0.24

White-black/ Black-white 0.05 0.49 0.00 0.00 2.76

American Indian + 1 race 0.24 0.18 5.29 0.17 0.16

Asian or Pacific Islander + 1 race 0.07 0.15 0.00 4.30 1.96

1 race + something else 0.05 0.00 0.75 0.39 0.26

Other 2 races 0.19 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.42

3 or more 0.12 0.62 0.75 0.51 0.97

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Table 17. Agreement between Racial Identity on the Supplement Racial Identity from the CPS Control Card by Panel (with Multiracial and Hispanic Categories Broken-out)

Panel 1

CPS

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander Other

Supplement Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 95.80 0.78 17.89 2.50 24.36

Black 0.19 95.02 0.64 0.22 3.71

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.36 0.78 74.50 0.27 1.53

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.25 0.01 0.70 90.91 5.19

All Other 3.39 3.41 6.27 6.10 65.21

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 2

CPS

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander Other

Supplement Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 95.64 1.23 22.10 1.09 25.85

Black 0.17 93.70 10.17 0.08 2.04

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.31 0.21 58.94 0.40 1.73

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.14 0.06 1.95 92.67 2.69

Multiracial 1.15 2.77 4.24 1.83 11.87

All Other 2.60 2.03 2.60 3.93 55.82

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 3

CPS

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander Other

Supplement Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 91.28 0.63 14.24 1.63 3.91

Black 0.16 94.72 0.63 0.27 1.97

Hispanic 7.10 0.91 4.57 0.61 72.03

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.35 0.25 71.98 2.98 0.59

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.09 0.15 3.50 88.01 7.31

All Other 1.03 3.34 5.07 6.50 14.20

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 4

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander Other

Supplement Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 90.15 0.57 14.44 1.44 3.06

Black 0.16 94.62 2.52 0.00 1.11

Hispanic 7.64 0.24 7.43 0.68 75.36

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.24 0.22 61.71 0.43 1.29

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.12 0.03 1.98 86.00 1.73

Multiracial 0.92 2.36 7.94 6.93 9.11

All Other 0.77 1.95 3.98 4.51 8.33

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Agreement between CPS Control Card Race and Supplement Race

Results of Jack-knifed Chi-square tests each Race separately (versus all others)

White Black American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Asian or Pacific Islander All Other

PANEL DIFFERENCES Yes No No No Yes

Differences due to:

Separate Hispanic Question only X X

Multiracial Category only

Both Hispanic Question & MR Category

Both and Interaction

Table 18. Supplement Racial Identification by Hispanic Nationality from the CPS by Panel

Panel 1

Mexican- American, Chicano, Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Central or South American Other Spanish

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 64.67 61.21 93.30 42.91 59.82

Black 0.00 3.86 0.83 3.95 0.91

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 1.77 1.02 0.00 4.70 1.38

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.35 0.94 0.00 1.93 0.00

All Other 33.20 32.97 5.87 46.51 37.89

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Note: Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Panel 2

Mexican American, Chicano, Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Central or South American Other Spanish

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 61.83 56.45 95.00 63.97 49.58

Black 0.00 3.60 0.00 3.85 5.03

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 1.30 0.00 0.00 2.05 0.50

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.15 0.41 0.00 1.20 2.40

Multiracial 2.98 7.00 1.17 3.03 7.15

All Other 33.75 32.54 3.83 25.91 35.34

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 3

Mexican American, Chicano, Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Central or South American Other Spanish

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 10.85 21.62 57.95 19.20 18.90

Black 0.26 1.90 0.00 1.99 6.10

Hispanic 85.15 71.51 39.92 77.67 67.31

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.00

Asian or Pacific Islander 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

All Other 3.24 4.97 2.13 0.71 7.69

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Panel 4

Mexican American, Chicano, Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban Central or South American Other Spanish

Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent

White 11.16 17.04 49.90 14.08 27.16

Black 0.06 1.35 2.23 4.09 0.59

Hispanic 84.04 77.30 46.40 75.42 65.67

American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.41 0.11

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		Panel
	1	2	3	4
	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
White	82.44	82.34	82.65	82.48
Black	10.55	11.10	11.00	10.67
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut	0.73	0.68	0.88	0.84
Asian or Pacific Islander	3.84	3.28	3.39	3.65
All Other	2.44	2.60	2.09	2.36
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

PANEL DIFFERENCES	No
Differences due to:
Separate Hispanic Question only
Multiracial Category only
Both Hispanic Question & MR Category
Both and Interaction

Comparison of Panels 2 and 4 only	White	Multiracial	All Other
PANEL DIFFERENCES	Yes	No	Yes
Differences due to:
Separate Hispanic Question only	X		X

Comparison of Panels 1 and 2 only	All Other
PANEL DIFFERENCES	Yes
Differences due to:
Multiracial Category only	X

	White	Black	American Indian.	Asian or Pacific Islander
PANEL DIFFERENCES	Yes	No	Yes	No
Differences due to:
Separate Hispanic Question only	X
Multiracial Category only			X
Both Hispanic Question & MR Category
Both and Interaction

	White	Black	American Indian	Asian or Pacific Islander
PANEL DIFFERENCES	Yes	No	Yes	No
Differences due to:
Separate Hispanic Question only			X
Multiracial Category only			X
Both Hispanic Question & MR Category	X
Both and Interaction

Hispanics	Percent
Hispanic	57.88
Latino	11.74
Of Spanish Origin	12.34
Some Other Term	7.85
No Preference	10.18
Total	100.00
Whites
White	61.66
Caucasian	16.53
European-American	2.35
Anglo	0.96
Some Other term	1.97
No Preference	16.53
Total	100.00
Blacks
Black	44.15
African-American	28.07
Afro-American	12.12
Negro	3.28
Colored	1.09
Some Other Term	2.19
No Preference	9.11
Total	100.00
American Indians
American Indian	49.76
Alaska Native	3.51
Native American	37.35
Some Other Term	3.66
No Preference	5.72
Total	100.00
Multiracials
Multiracial	28.42
More than 1 race	6.03
Biracial	5.67
Mixed-race	16.02
Mestizo / mestiza	2.25
Some Other Term	13.87
No Preference	27.76
Total	100.00

		Panel
	1	2	3	4
Hispanic Origin	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
Mexican, Mexican-American, Chicano	59.45	60.49	67.06	65.21
Puerto Rican	9.66	9.33	10.04	10.46
Cuban	4.69	4.12	1.96	2.40
Central American, South American	13.00	10.61	11.93	11.78
Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish	11.82	13.89	8.73	9.58
Not really Hispanic, Latino, Spanish	0.85	1.29	0.20	0.42
Don't know / Not ascertained	0.54	0.28	0.07	0.15
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

	Mexican	Puerto Rican	Cuban	Central American	Other Hispanic
PANEL DIFFERENCES	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Differences due to:
Separate Hispanic Question only	X		X		X
Multiracial Category only
Both Hispanic Question & MR Category
Both and Interaction

		Panel
	1	2	3	4
Reasons for Choosing Multiracial	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
Parents from different racial groups	-	74.38	-	81.13
Ancestors from different racial groups	-	69.61	-	77.60
Specific group belong to is mixed	-	56.59	-	51.83

	Parents	Ancestors	Specific Group
PANEL DIFFERENCES	No	No	No
Differences due to:
Separate Hispanic Question only

	Panel 2		Panel 4
Reasons for Choosing Multiracial	Multiracial	Indeterminate Multiracial	Multiracial	Indeterminate Multiracial
Parents from different racial groups	75.12	73.16	83.34	69.34
Ancestors from different racial groups	75.07	66.17	79.38	67.57
Specific group belong to is mixed	55.05	56.43	52.49	46.10

			Ancestry
	European	Spanish speaking	sub-Saharan / Unspecified Black	Asian or Pacific Islander	Indian / Alaskan	All Other
	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
White	97.58	63.88	0.84	16.12	60.45	84.01
Black	1.30	1.38	96.96	2.40	6.81	8.91
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut	0.11	1.07	0.13	0.97	28.97	0.23
Asian or Pacific Islander	0.13	0.56	0.04	73.94	0.01	1.22
All Other	0.88	33.11	2.02	6.58	3.75	5.63
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

	CPS
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic
Supplement	Percent	Percent
Hispanic	93.27	1.88
Non-Hispanic	6.73	98.12
Total	100.00	100.00

			CPS
	White	Black	American Indian, Eskimo or Aluet	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other
Supplement	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
Single race breakdown
White	95.80	0.78	17.89	2.50	24.36
Black	0.19	95.02	0.64	0.22	3.71
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut	0.36	0.78	74.50	0.27	1.53
Asian or Pacific Islander	0.25	0.01	0.70	90.91	5.19
Something else	3.05	3.14	4.72	6.03	64.52
Don't know/ not ascertained	0.35	0.27	1.55	0.07	0.69
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

	Mexican- American, Chicano, Mexican	Puerto Rican	Cuban	Central or South American	Other Spanish
	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
White	64.67	61.21	93.30	42.91	59.82
Black	0.00	3.86	0.83	3.95	0.91
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut	1.77	1.02	0.00	4.70	1.38
Asian or Pacific Islander	0.35	0.94	0.00	1.93	0.00
All Other	33.20	32.97	5.87	46.51	37.89
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

	Mexican American, Chicano, Mexican	Puerto Rican	Cuban	Central or South American	Other Spanish
	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent	Percent
White	61.83	56.45	95.00	63.97	49.58
Black	0.00	3.60	0.00	3.85	5.03
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut	1.30	0.00	0.00	2.05	0.50
Asian or Pacific Islander	0.15	0.41	0.00	1.20	2.40
Multiracial	2.98	7.00	1.17	3.03	7.15
All Other	33.75	32.54	3.83	25.91	35.34
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00