TABLE 10.  Nonresponse Rate and Rate of Disagreement for the
           Hispanic Origin Question:  1996 National
           Content Survey

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Rate and Panel                      |           |     Rate of
 Comparisons                        |Nonresponse|Disagreement
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                                    |           |
                                    |           |
Race-first sequence:                |           |
  Panel 1, no multiracial           |        8.6|         2.1
  Panel 2, with multiracial         |        7.6|         2.4
                                    |           |
Hispanic origin-first sequence:     |           |
  Panel 3, no multiracial           |        5.5|         2.1
  Panel 4, with multiracial         |        5.2|         2.6
                                    |           |
DIFFERENCE IN PANELS 1/             |           |
                                    |           |
Panel 2 minus Panel 1               |       -1.0|         0.3
Panel 3 minus Panel 1               |      *-3.2|         ...
Panel 4 minus Panel 2               |      *-2.5|         0.2
Panel 4 minus Panel 3               |       -0.3|         0.6
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NOTES:  Data may not sum due to rounding.

        ... Represents zero or rounds to zero.

        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).

        Rates of disagreement are calculated by comparing the
        responses from the mailback survey forms to the
        responses provided in the telephone reinterview.  The
        rate of disagreement for a specific racial or Hispanic
        category is the proportion of persons who reported
        inconsistency in the category.

1/  Asterisk (*) indicates a significant difference at the
    90-percent confidence level.