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RACE

Description

RACE reports the racial category of all household members. Beginning in 2003, respondents could report more than one race.

RACE was collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview.

Comparability

For ATUS respondents interviewed between January and May of 2003, RACE values were hand-imputed from previously collected information on race. Q2RACE identifies cases that were hand-imputed. RACE was not imputed for non-respondents or members of ATUS respondents' households. Comparability for all persons across all years can be achieved by using five major categories: "White only," "Black only," "American Indian/Alaskan Native," "Asian or Pacific Islander," and "Two or more races." However, the category "Two or more races" was not available from January to May of 2003.

Universe

2003-2010: CPS household members.

Quality flags

Q1RACE
RACE: allocation flag
Q2RACE
RACE: allocation flag

Codes/Frequencies

Respondents

Code Description 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
100..400 Single race  
100

White only

17302 11749 10802 10616 9989 10278 10644 10514
200

Black only

2430 1581 1566 1661 1592 1769 1806 1976
300

American Indian, Alaskan Native

136 90 111 77 92 103 101 107
400

Asian or Pacific Islander

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
401

Asian only

551 342 356 385 348 387 416 446
402

Hawaiian Pacific Islander only

44 25 29 19 28 25 22 23
501..516 Two or more races  
501

White-Black

19 29 19 28 31 17 34 33
502

White-American Indian

174 113 115 92 117 93 63 107
503

White-Asian

20 10 13 29 18 18 18 20
504

White-Hawaiian

5 6 6 7 4 3 4 4
505

Black-American Indian

17 11 10 12 15 13 14 11
506

Black-Asian

-- 3 1 1 2 1 1 2
507

Black-Hawaiian

-- 1 -- 1 -- -- -- --
508

American Indian-Asian

1 -- 1 -- -- 2 -- --
509

Asian-Hawaiian

4 4 2 3 4 3 -- 5
510

White-Black-American Indian

6 5 1 8 4 5 6 11
511

White-Black-Asian

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
512

White-American Indian-Asian

-- 1 1 -- 1 2 2 1
513

White-Asian-Hawaiian

1 2 2 4 1 3 1 --
514

White-Black-American Indian-Asian

1 -- -- -- 1 -- -- --
515

2 or 3 races, unspecified

9 1 2 -- 1 1 1 --
516

4 or 5 races, unspecified

-- -- 1 -- -- -- -- --
9999 NIU (Not in universe) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --