2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000

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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Race, detailed recode, 2000 (US2000A_RACDET00)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 488

End: 489

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v=" US00A425 US00A566 US00A567 US00A568 US00A569 US00A570 US00A571 US00A572 US00A573 US00A599"><span class="em">6. What is this person's race? </span>Mark [X] one or more races to indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be.<br /><div class="i1">[] White<br /> [] Black, African Am., or Negro<br /> [] American Indian or Alaska Native - Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Asian Indian<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Filipino<br />[] Japanese<br />[] Korean<br />[] Vietnamese<br />[] Other Asian - Print race.</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Native Hawaiian<br />[] Guamanian or Chamorro<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Other Pacific Islander - Print race.</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Some other race - Print race.</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />____</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
01	Some Other Race alone
02	Other Pacific Islander alone
03	Other Pacific Islander, Some Other Race
04	Samoan alone
05	Guamanian or Chamorro alone
06	Native Hawaiian alone
07	Other Asian alone
08	Other Asian, Some Other Race
09	Other Asian, Other Pacific Islander
10	Vietnamese alone
11	Korean alone
12	Japanese alone
15	Filipino alone
16	Filipino, Some Other Race
17	Filipino, Other Pacific Islander
18	Filipino, Native Hawaiian
19	Filipino, Japanese
20	Chinese alone
21	Chinese, Some Other Race
22	Chinese, Native Hawaiian
23	Chinese, Other Asian
24	Chinese, Vietnamese
25	Chinese, Japanese
26	Chinese, Filipino
28	Asian Indian alone
29	Asian Indian, Some Other Race
31	Asian Indian, Other Asian
32	American Indian and Alaska Native alone
33	American Indian and Alaska Native, Some Other Race
36	American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian Indian
37	Black or African American alone
38	Black or African American, Some Other Race
39	Black or African American, Other Pacific Islander
40	Black or African American, Other Asian
41	Black or African American, Korean
42	Black or African American, Japanese
43	Black or African American, Filipino
44	Black or African American, Chinese
45	Black or African American, Asian Indian
46	Black or African American, American Indian and Alaska Native
47	White alone
48	White, Some Other Race
49	White, Other Pacific Islander
50	White, Samoan
51	White, Guamanian or Chamorro
52	White, Native Hawaiian
53	White, Other Asian
55	White, Vietnamese
56	White, Korean
57	White, Japanese
59	White, Filipino
61	White, Filipino, Native Hawaiian
62	White, Chinese
63	White, Chinese, Native Hawaiian
65	White, Asian Indian
66	White, American Indian and Alaska Native
67	White, American Indian and Alaska Native, Some Other Race
68	White, Black or African American
69	White, Black, Some Other Race
70	White, Black, American Indian and Alaska Native
71	All other race combinations

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 race of the individual.

Universe

United States 2000: All persons

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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