TABLE 1. Multiracial Category -- Percent Distribution of Mail Returns
         by Race and Hispanic Origin for the Race-First
         Sequence:  1996 National Content Survey

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                            |       Panel 1|         Panel 2| Difference 1/
                            |No Multiracial|With Multiracial|(Panel 2 minus
Subject                     |      Category|        Category|      Panel 1)
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                            |              |                |
RACE 2/                     |              |                |
                            |              |                |
White                       |          83.2|            85.1|          1.8
Black                       |           8.9|             8.9|          ...
American Indian,            |              |                |
 Eskimo, and Aleut          |           0.6|             0.4|         -0.2
Asian and Pacific           |              |                |
 Islander                   |           4.0|             2.7|         -1.3
Other race                  |           3.3|             1.7|        *-1.6
Multiracial or              |              |                |
 biracial                   |           N/A|             1.2|          N/A
                            |              |                |
HISPANIC ORIGIN 3/          |              |                |
                            |              |                |
Not Hispanic                |          92.4|            92.9|          0.5
Total Hispanic              |           7.6|             7.1|         -0.5
 Mexican                    |           4.7|             3.8|         -1.0
 Puerto Rican               |           1.0|             1.0|          ...
 Cuban                      |           0.5|             0.4|         -0.1
 Other Hispanic             |           1.4|             2.0|          0.5
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NOTES:  Data may not sum due to rounding.

        ... Represents zero or rounds to zero.

        N/A - Not applicable

      The NCS sample was not designed to detect possible differences in
      responses from relatively small population groups, such as American
      Indians and Alaska Natives, detailed Asian and Pacific Islander groups
      (such as Chinese or Hawaiians) or detailed Hispanic origin groups
      (such as Puerto Ricans or Cubans).

1/  Asterisk (*) indicates a statistically significant difference at the
     90-percent confidence level.
2/  Data based on persons who responded to the race question.
3/  Data based on persons who responded to the Hispanic origin question.