Assign respondent-identified race for those choosing ONE RACE ONLY (White, Black, Native American, Asian), If respondent chose multiple race, choose the respondent-identified single race, Respondent choose OTHER ONLY and interviewer-identified respondent race as non-other; choose interviewer identified respondent race
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Assign respondent-identified race for those choosing ONE RACE ONLY (White, Black, Native American, Asian), If respondent chose multiple race, choose the respondent-identified single race, Respondent choose OTHER ONLY and interviewer-identified respondent race as non-other; choose interviewer identified respondent race
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Assign respondent-identified race for those choosing ONE RACE ONLY (White, Black, Native American, Asian) -
2 If respondent chose multiple race, choose the respondent-identified single race -
3 Respondent choose OTHER ONLY and interviewer-identified respondent race as non-other; choose interviewer identified respondent race -
4 Respondent chose two races, one is other, and respondent-identified single race is other or missing; choose the non-other race -
5 Respondent refused, did not know race, or race missing; choose interviewer-identified respondent race if non-other -
7 Respondent chose two races, one is other and single race identifier is a reserved code; choose the non-other race from the multiple race combination -
8 Assign respondent-identified race for those choosing ONE RACE ONLY (White, Black, Native American, Asian) -
9 If respondent chose multiple race, choose the respondent-identified single race -
10 Respondent choose OTHER ONLY and interviewer-identified respondent race as non-other; choose interviewer identified respondent race -
11 Respondent chose two races, one is other, and respondent-identified single race is other or missing; choose the non-other race -
12 Respondent refused, did not know race, or race missing; choose interviewer-identified respondent race if non-other -
14 Respondent chose two races, one is other and single race identifier is a reserved code; choose the non- other race from the multiple race combination -
15 Assign respondent-identified race for those choosing ONE RACE ONLY (White, Black, Native American, Asian) -
16 If respondent chose multiple race, choose the respondent-identified single race -
17 Respondent choose OTHER ONLY and interviewer-identified respondent race as non-other; choose interviewer identified respondent race -
18 Respondent chose two races, one is other, and respondent-identified single race is other or missing; choose the non-other race -
19 Respondent refused, did not know race, or race missing; choose interviewer-identified respondent race N = 0 if non-other -
21 Respondent chose two races, one is other and single race identifier is a reserved code; choose the non-other race from the multiple race combination -
22 Respondent-identified two races (Native American and Other); both the single race identifier and the interviewer response for this respondent is White; this case is hard-coded as White