Table 3-2: Race and Ethnicity Categories Collected by Various Data Sou

Categories Collected		Census 2010 and ACS (2009)	NHIS (2008)	NIS (2007)	NSDUH (2008)	MEPS (2006)	NAMCS (2008)	NHAMCS (2009)	Application for a SSN (update unknown)	CMS Nursing Home Minimum Data Set (updated 2000)	Standard Certificate of Birth and Death (updated 2003)	SEER (updated 2008)
Responses to combined race and Hispanic ethnicity format	Asian, Asian-American or Pacific Islander								X
	Asian/Pacific Islander									X
	Hispanic								X	X
	Black (Not Hispanic)								X	X
	North American Indian or Alaskan Native								X
	American Indian/Alaskan Native									X
	White (Not Hispanic)								X	X
Responses for Hispanic ethnicity question in two-question format	Yes/Hispanic or Latino		X	X	X	X	X	X
	No/Not Hispanic or Latino/Not of Spanish, Hispanic, Latino origin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X
	Puerto Rican	X	X	X	X	X					X	X
	Cuban/Cuban American	X	X	X	X	X					X	X
	Dominican (Republic)		X		X	X						X
	Mexican		X	X		X						X
	Mexican American		X	X		X
	Mexican/Mexican American/Mexicano/Chicano	X			X						X
	Central or South American		X		X	X						X
	Central American			X
	South American			X
	Spanish (from Spain)				X
	Spanish											X
	Spanish-Caribbean			X
	Other Latin American		X			X
	Other Hispanic/Latino/Spanish, Specify	X	X								X
	Other Hispanic/Latino, Specify				X	X
	Other Spanish/Hispanic, Specify			X								X
	Refused		X	X	X	X
	Don't know/Unknown		X	X	X	X						X

Categories Collected		Census 2010	NHIS	NIS	NSDUH	MEPS	NAMCS	NHAMCS	Certificate of Birth and Death	SEER
Responses to race question in two-question format	White	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Black/African American		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Black									X
	Black, African Am., or Negro	X
	American Indian		X	X
	Alaska Native		X	X
	American Indian or Alaska Native				X	X	X	X
	American Indian or Alaska Native . Print name of enrolled or principal tribe	X							X
	American Indian, Aleutian, Alaskan Native, or Eskimo									X
	Native Hawaiian	X	X	X	X				X	X
	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander					X	X	X
	Samoan	X	X						X	X
	Guamanian or Chamorro	X	X						X	X
	Micronesian									X
	Polynesian									X
	Tahitian									X
	Tongan									X
	Melanesian									X
	Fiji Islander									X
	New Guinean									X
	Other Pacific Islander, Specify	X	X	X	X				X	X
	Asian			X	X	X	X	X
	Asian Indian	X	X		X	X			X
	Asian Indian, Pakistani									X
	Chinese	X	X		X	X			X	X
	Filipino	X	X		X	X			X	X
	Japanese	X	X		X	X			X	X
	Korean	X	X		X	X			X	X
	Vietnamese	X	X		X	X			X	X
	Other Asian: Specify	X	X		X	X			X	X
	Laotian									X
	Hmong									X
	Kampuchean (including Khmer and Cambodian)									X
	Thai									X
	Some other race, Specify	X	X	X	X	X			X	X
	Refused		X	X		X
	Don't know/Unknown		X	X		X				X

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