Which ONE category best describes your racial background?

Name

PA8B

Label

Conceptual Variable

Representation Type

Code List

Selection Style

SelectOne

Measurement Unit

numeric

Codes

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	Wave I		Wave III	Wave V
	Wave I In-Home Interview	Parents (1995)	Wave III In-Home Interview	Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey
	Wave I In-Home Interview Data	Parents (1995)	Wave III In-Home Interview	Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey
	H1GI8	PA8B	H3OD6	H5OD8
white	42.33%	52.83%	52.98%	37.22%
back/African American		20.41%
Black or African American	29.08%		26.16%
Black, African American				19.47%
American Indian/Native American		10.66%
American Indian or Native American	9.06%		8.44%
Hispanic				0.43%
Asian or Pacfic Islander		6.35%
Asian or Pacific Islander	10.36%		12.42%
Hispanic: Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano				8.98%
other	9.16%	9.75%
Hispanic: Puerto Rican				4.49%
Hispanic: Cuban				6.42%
Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin				4.39%
Asian
Asian: Indian				0.32%
Asian: Chinese				2.78%
Asian: Filipino				4.71%
Asian: Japanese				1.60%
Asian: Korean				0.53%
Asian: Vietnamese				0.43%
Other Asian				0.64%
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander: Native Hawaiian				0.86%
Pacific Islander: Samoan				0.53%
Pacific Islander: Guamanian or Chamorro
Other Pacific Islander				0.86%
American Indian or Alaska Native				3.42%
Some other race or origin				1.93%

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	Wave I		Wave III	Wave V
	Wave I In-Home Interview	Parents (1995)	Wave III In-Home Interview	Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey
	Wave I In-Home Interview Data	Parents (1995)	Wave III In-Home Interview	Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey
	H1GI8	PA8B	H3OD6	H5OD8
white	2.05%	1.12%	2.11%	2.83%
back/African American		0.43%
Black or African American	1.41%		1.04%
Black, African American				1.48%
American Indian/Native American		0.23%
American Indian or Native American	0.44%		0.34%
Hispanic				0.03%
Asian or Pacfic Islander		0.13%
Asian or Pacific Islander	0.50%		0.49%
Hispanic: Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano				0.68%
other	0.44%	0.21%
Hispanic: Puerto Rican				0.34%
Hispanic: Cuban				0.49%
Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin				0.33%
Asian
Asian: Indian				0.02%
Asian: Chinese				0.21%
Asian: Filipino				0.36%
Asian: Japanese				0.12%
Asian: Korean				0.04%
Asian: Vietnamese				0.03%
Other Asian				0.05%
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander: Native Hawaiian				0.07%
Pacific Islander: Samoan				0.04%
Pacific Islander: Guamanian or Chamorro
Other Pacific Islander				0.07%
American Indian or Alaska Native				0.26%
Some other race or origin				0.15%

Dataset	Variable	Valid	Invalid	Min	Max
Wave I In-Home Interview Data	H1GI8	1,004	19,741	1	5
Parents (1995)	PA8B	441	20,304	1	5
Wave III In-Home Interview	H3OD6	604	14,593	1	4
Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey	H5OD8	935	11,365	1	22

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	Wave I		Wave III	Wave V
	Wave I In-Home Interview	Parents (1995)	Wave III In-Home Interview	Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey
	Wave I In-Home Interview Data	Parents (1995)	Wave III In-Home Interview	Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey
	H1GI8	PA8B	H3OD6	H5OD8
white	1	1	1	1
back/African American		2
Black or African American	2		2
Black, African American				2
American Indian/Native American		3
American Indian or Native American	3		3
Hispanic				3
Asian or Pacfic Islander		4
Asian or Pacific Islander	4		4
Hispanic: Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano				4
other	5	5
Hispanic: Puerto Rican				5
Hispanic: Cuban				6
Other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin				7
Asian				8
Asian: Indian				9
Asian: Chinese				10
Asian: Filipino				11
Asian: Japanese				12
Asian: Korean				13
Asian: Vietnamese				14
Other Asian				15
Pacific Islander				16
Pacific Islander: Native Hawaiian				17
Pacific Islander: Samoan				18
Pacific Islander: Guamanian or Chamorro				19
Other Pacific Islander				20
American Indian or Alaska Native				21
Some other race or origin				22