| Source of Questions | Hispanic Ethnicity Question | Race Question | Granular Ethnicity Question |
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| OMB's preferred format | Separate questions shall be used wherever feasible. Ethnicity shall be collected first
Response options: Hispanic or Latino, Not Hispanic or Latino |
Respondents shall be offered the option of selecting one or more racial designations. Recommended forms for the instruction are "Mark one or more" and "Select one or more" Response options: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI), White |
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| Census 2000 long form (paper form) |
Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin? Response options: Not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin; Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano; Puerto Rican; Cuban; Another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin |
What is Person 1's race? Mark one or more boxes Response options: Five OMB race options plus six additional Asian origins, three additional NHOPI origins, and an option for "Some other race" |
What is this person's ancestry or ethnic origin? Response option: write-in response |
| HRET Toolkit (in-person interview) |
Do you consider yourself Hispanic/Latino? Response options: Yes; No; Declined; Unavailable/Unknown |
Which category best describes your race? Response options: American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; Black or African American; NHOPI; White; Multiracial; Declined; Unavailable/Unknown |
"I would like you to describe your race or ethnic background. You can use specific terms such as Korean, Mexican, Haitian, Somali." Response option: free-text response |
| National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (in-person interview) |
Do you consider yourself to be Hispanic or Latino? Response options: Yes; No; Refused; Don't know Please give me the number of the group that represents your Hispanic origin or ancestry. You may choose up to five, if applicable Response options: Puerto Rico; Cuban/Cuban American; Dominican (Republic); Mexican; Mexican American; Central or South American; Other Latin American; Other Hispanic/Latino/Spanish; Refused; Don't know |
What race or races do you consider yourself to be? Please select one or more of these categories Response options: White; Black/African American; Indian (American); Alaska Native; Guamanian; Samoan; Other Pacific Islander; Asian Indian; Chinese; Filipino; Japanese; Korean; Vietnamese; Other Asian; Some other race; Refused; Don't know (If more than one race entered, which of these groups would you say best represents your race?) |
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| National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (paper form) |
Ethnicity Response options: Hispanic or Latino; Not Hispanic or Latino |
Race, mark one or more Response options: White; Black/African American; Asian; NHOPI; American Indian or Alaska Native |
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| Application for a Social Security Card (paper form) |
Race/ethnic description (check one only) Response options: Asian, Asian-American or Pacific Islander; Hispanic; Black (Not Hispanic); North American Indian or Alaskan Native; White (Not Hispanic) |
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| U.S. Standard Certificate of Death (paper form) |
Decedent of Hispanic origin? Response options: No, not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino; Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano; Puerto Rican; Cuban; Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (specify) |
Decedent's race (check one or more boxes to indicate what the decedent considered himself or herself to be) Response options: Five OMB race options plus six additional Asian origins, three additional NHOPI origins, and other (specify) |
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