Results of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted Test

Table 1-3.

Overview of Mail Return Responses by Panel for the American Indian, Targeted Sample

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

Percent distribution of mail
return responses

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

White 51.5 52.0 50.7 48.9 43.0 40.9 50.8 51.1

Black 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.3 3.8 4.4 3.4

American Indian and
Alaska Native (AIAN) 35.8 32.7 37.2 35.9 34.4 35.9 33.9 35.3

Asian and Pacific Islander (API) 2.5 2.4 1.5 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.7 0.7

Hispanic (X) (X) (X) (X) 11.7 11.2 (X) (X)

Other race 4.9 4.2 2.0 5.7 0.3 0.1 4.4 5.2

Reporting more than one race 2/ 1.5 4.5 4.2 4.5 5.2 7.2 4.8 4.3

AIAN and White 0.7 1.6 2.6 0.9 1.0 1.8 0.9 3.2

AIAN and Black 0.1 (z) 0.2 0.1 0.3 (z) 0.1 (z)

AIAN and API (z) 0.1 0.1 0.1 (z) (z) 0.3 0.1

AIAN and Hispanic (X) (X) (X) (X) 0.6 1.7 (X) (X)

AIAN and "Other race," and
AIAN and multiracial
category 3/ 0.1 1.0 0.3 1.1 0.5 0.1 1.6 0.4

AIAN and two or more other
races, excluding Black
and API 4/ 0.1 0.1 (z) 0.2 (z) (z) 0.3 0.1

AIAN and two or more other
races, including Black
or API 5/ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 (z)

Other than AIAN 0.4 1.5 1.0 2.0 2.6 3.3 1.5 0.4

ILLUSTRATIVE APPROACHES TO RACIAL CLASSIFICATION

Percent of mail return
responses

AIAN - single race 35.8 32.7 37.2 35.9 34.4 35.9 33.9 35.3

AIAN - historical series 6/ 36.7 35.5 40.1 38.0 35.8 37.9 36.8 39.0

AIAN - all inclusive 7/ 36.9 35.7 40.5 38.3 37.0 39.9 37.2 39.2

(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/ Multiracial category was checked, but no write-in entry was provided.
4/ And excluding Hispanic in Panels E and F.
5/ Or including Hispanic in Panels E and F.
6/ AIAN only; AIAN and White; AIAN and "Other race," and AIAN and multiracial category; and
AIAN and two or more other races, excluding Black and API (and excluding Hispanic in
Panels E and F).
7/ AIAN only, and AIAN with any other response on race.

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

Percent distribution of mail return responses

Total		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
White		51.5	52.0	50.7	48.9	43.0	40.9	50.8	51.1
Black		3.9	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.3	3.8	4.4	3.4
American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN)		35.8	32.7	37.2	35.9	34.4	35.9	33.9	35.3
Asian and Pacific Islander (API)		2.5	2.4	1.5	0.7	1.1	0.9	1.7	0.7
Hispanic		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	11.7	11.2	(X)	(X)
Other race		4.9	4.2	2.0	5.7	0.3	0.1	4.4	5.2
Reporting more than one race 2/		1.5	4.5	4.2	4.5	5.2	7.2	4.8	4.3
AIAN and White		0.7	1.6	2.6	0.9	1.0	1.8	0.9	3.2
AIAN and Black		0.1	(z)	0.2	0.1	0.3	(z)	0.1	(z)
AIAN and API		(z)	0.1	0.1	0.1	(z)	(z)	0.3	0.1
AIAN and Hispanic		(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	0.6	1.7	(X)	(X)
AIAN and "Other race," and AIAN and multiracial category 3/		0.1	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.6	0.4
AIAN and two or more other races, excluding Black and API 4/		0.1	0.1	(z)	0.2	(z)	(z)	0.3	0.1
AIAN and two or more other races, including Black or API 5/		0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	(z)
Other than AIAN		0.4	1.5	1.0	2.0	2.6	3.3	1.5	0.4
ILLUSTRATIVE APPROACHES TO RACIAL CLASSIFICATION
Percent of mail return responses

AIAN - single race		35.8	32.7	37.2	35.9	34.4	35.9	33.9	35.3
AIAN - historical series 6/		36.7	35.5	40.1	38.0	35.8	37.9	36.8	39.0
AIAN - all inclusive 7/		36.9	35.7	40.5	38.3	37.0	39.9	37.2	39.2