Definition
This variable reports why a person was coded as Spanish/Hispanic/Latino in the NAPP variable Hispanic origin (US50A432), since it was inferred from other variables. The NAPP established Hispanic origin in 1850 according to two basic rules. The variable reports the number of the rule for each Hispanic person. If Hispanic origin could be assigned according to more than one rule, the lowest-numbered rule was applied.
The following codes are included in Hispanic origin rule in 1850:
0 = Person is not Hispanic.
1 = Person was born in a Hispanic area (see US50A430). This covers two possibilities. (1) The person was born in a Hispanic country. Hispanic countries are: Argentina, Bolivia, Canary Islands, Central America, Central America, n.s., Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, n.s., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, South America, n.s., Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela. General and detailed HISPAN codes reflect the country of birth. (2) The person was born in Arizona, California, New Mexico, or New Mexico Territory while the area was still under Spanish/Mexican jurisdiction (i.e., before July 1848). Country of origin was coded as Mexican in these cases.
6 = The person has a Spanish surname (see US50A434) and the person was born in the United States and his/her father was born in the United States (or has a missing value for birthplace) and his/her father's father was born in the United States (or has a missing value for birthplace). This rule only applies to males or females with no spouse in the household. For people who were allocated to Hispanic using rule 6, country of origin was assigned based on the predominating country of origin (if any) among Hispanics (as defined by rule 1) in that state in that year; see Gratton and Gutmann (2000) for specific states and years.
