HISPAN
Description
HISPAN identifies and classifies persons of Hispanic/Spanish/Latino origin. Respondents were asked, "Are you Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino?" Information about country of origin was collected from those who answered "yes" to this initial question.
HISPAN was collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview.
Comparability
A new Hispanic origin variable was introduced in January 2003. This version included less detail than the previous measure of Hispanic origin. For individuals who completed the final CPS interview in 2002, all of the detail of the earlier variable is preserved in the three-digit Hispanic origin codes. Users who are concerned about comparability may want to recode HISPAN using either the first or first two digits of the variable.
Universe
2003-2010: CPS household members.
Quality flags
- QHISPAN
- HISPAN: allocation flag
Codes/Frequencies
- Respondents
- Respondents and Household Members
- Respondents and Non-respondents
- Respondents and Non-respondents plus Household Members
Respondents
| Code | Description | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Not Hispanic | 18420 | 12393 | 11454 | 11176 | 10603 | 11000 | 11334 | 11372 |
| 211..250 | Hispanic | ||||||||
| 210 | Mexican |
1080 | 954 | 985 | 1102 | 1006 | 1065 | 1122 | 1150 |
| 211 | Mexican American |
137 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 212 | Chicano |
7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 213 | Mexcian (Mexicano) |
211 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 220 | Puerto Rican |
220 | 160 | 136 | 152 | 153 | 158 | 167 | 169 |
| 230 | Cuban |
108 | 77 | 64 | 78 | 73 | 73 | 82 | 95 |
| 240 | Central-South American |
411 | 290 | 301 | 337 | 300 | 313 | 322 | 359 |
| 250 | Other Spanish |
126 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 113 | 114 | 106 | 115 |
| 9999 | NIU (Not in universe) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |