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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Number of major race groups (US2000A_RACNUM)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 494

End: 494

Width: 1

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>

Value	Category
1	1 race group
2	2 race groups
3	3 race groups
4	4 race groups
5	5 race groups
6	6 race groups

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number of major race groups -- between 1 and 6 -- reported for each respondent.

Universe

United States 2000: All persons

concept

Concept

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

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