TABLE 24. Item Nonresponse Rate on Mail Returns for the Hispanic 
          Origin Question for Native Born and Foreign Born
          Persons:  1996 National Content Survey

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                                 |   Native|   Foreign
Subject                          |     Born|      Born
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                                 |         |
                                 |         |
Race-first sequence:             |         |
  Panel 1, no multiracial        |      6.7|      9.5
  Panel 2, with multiracial      |      7.0|      6.4
                                 |         |
Hispanic origin-first sequence:  |         |
  Panel 3, no multiracial        |      3.0|      3.9
  Panel 4, with multiracial      |      4.7|      3.2
                                 |         |
                                 |         |
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PANELS 1/     |         |
                                 |         |
Panel 2 minus Panel 1            |      0.4|     -3.1
Panel 3 minus Panel 1            |    *-3.6|    *-5.5
Panel 4 minus Panel 2            |    *-2.3|     -3.1
Panel 4 minus Panel 3            |      1.7|     -0.7
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NOTES: Data may not sum due to rounding.

       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.