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2010 Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2006 - 2010
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PRI_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Number of major race groups (PR2010A_RACNUM)

Data file: PRI2010_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 435
End: 435
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 1-6 were asked of all persons.]</p>

<p><span class="em">6. What is [the respondent's] race? </span><div class="i1">Mark (X) in one or more boxes.<br /><br />[] White<br />[] Black, African Am., or Negro<br />[] American Indian or Alaska Native-- (Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.) ____<br />[] Asian Indian<br />[] Japanese<br />[] Native Hawaiian<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Korean<br />[] Guamanian or Chamorro<br />[] Filipino<br />[] Vietnamese<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Other Asian -- (Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on.) ____<br />[] Other Pacific Islander -- (Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on.) ____<br />[] Some other race -- (Print race) ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 1 race group
2 2 race groups
3 3 race groups
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's number of major race groups. The six major race groups are: (a) American Indian or Alaska Native; (b) Asian; (c) black, African-American, or Negro; (d) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander; (e) white; and (f) some other race.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2010: All persons

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