Definition
This variable reports why a person was coded as Spanish/Hispanic/Latino in the NAPP variable Hispanic origin (US00A445), since Hispanic origin was inferred from other variables. The NAPP established Hispanic origin in 1900 according to eight 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 1900:
0 = Person is not Hispanic.
1 = Person was born in a Hispanic area (see US00A433). 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.
2 = The person's father or mother was born in a Hispanic country (see US00A437 and US00A435). In cases where father's birthplace and/or mother's birthplace were not available and the person was living with his/her father or mother, NAPP used father's location in the household (US00A406), mother's location in the household (US00A403), and birthplace (US00A433) to impute father's birthplace and/or mother's birthplace. If both the father and the mother were Hispanic, the person received the country-of-origin code of his/her father.
3 = The person's grandparent was born in a Hispanic country. Grandparent birthplace was imputed only in cases where father's birthplace and mother's birthplace were asked in the census and the person was living with his/her father and/or mother. If multiple grandparents were Hispanic, the person received the country-of-origin code of the Hispanic grandparent first on the following list: father's father, father's mother, mother's father, mother's mother.
4 = The person's spouse is Hispanic because of rule 1, 2, or 3; see spouse's location in the household (US00A409). The country of origin was coded to match the spouse.
5 = The person is a relative (detailed relate US00A421 is less than 1100) of a householder who is Hispanic because of rule 1, 2, 3, or 4. The country of origin was coded to match the householder.
6 = The person has a Spanish surname (see US00A447) 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.
7 = A woman whose spouse qualifies as Hispanic through rule 6; see spouse's location in the household and Spanish surname.
8 = The person is a relative (detailed relate US00A422 is less than 1100) of a householder who is Hispanic because of rule 6 or 7.
