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New page: The U.S. Census is taken by [http://www.census.gov/ U.S. Census Bureau]. Micro data is releases in 1% and 5% versions, with different variables available. Of particular interest to researc...
The U.S. Census is taken by [http://www.census.gov/ U.S. Census Bureau]. Micro data is releases in 1% and 5% versions, with different variables available. Of particular interest to researchers is the Public Use Microdata Series (PUMS), which is available for free download and can be used for academic purposes.
==Ethnicity variables in the U.S. Census==
The [http://www.edegan.com/repository/Census-PUMSDocumentation.pdf U.S. Census PUMS documentation] provides the Census questionnaire in appendix D. The questionnaire poses five questions that have a direct bearing on the ethnicity of respondents:
*5. Is this person Spanish /Hispanic /Latino? Mark the "No" box if not Spanish /Hispanic /Latino.
**Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano
**Yes, Puerto Rican
**Yes, Cuban
**Yes, other Spanish /Hispanic /Latino — Print group.
**No, not Spanish /Hispanic /Latino
*6. What is this person’s race? Mark one or more races to indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be.
**White
**Black, African Am., or Negro
**American Indian or Alaska Native — Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.
**Native Hawaiian
**Guamanian or Chamorro
**Samoan
**Other Pacific Islander - Print race.
**Asian Indian
**Chinese
**Filipino
**Japanese
**Korean
**Vietnamese
**Other Asian — Print race.
**Some other race — Print race.
*7. What is this person’s ancestry or ethnic origin? (For example: Italian, Jamaican, African Am., Cambodian, Cape Verdean, Norwegian, Dominican, French Canadian, Haitian, Korean, Lebanese, Polish, Nigerian, Mexican, Taiwanese, Ukrainian, and so on.)
*11. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?
**Yes - What is this language? (For example: Korean, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese)
**No
*12. Where was this person born?
**In the United States — Print name of state.
**Outside the United States — Print name of foreign country
==Ethnicity variables in the U.S. Census==
The [http://www.edegan.com/repository/Census-PUMSDocumentation.pdf U.S. Census PUMS documentation] provides the Census questionnaire in appendix D. The questionnaire poses five questions that have a direct bearing on the ethnicity of respondents:
*5. Is this person Spanish /Hispanic /Latino? Mark the "No" box if not Spanish /Hispanic /Latino.
**Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano
**Yes, Puerto Rican
**Yes, Cuban
**Yes, other Spanish /Hispanic /Latino — Print group.
**No, not Spanish /Hispanic /Latino
*6. What is this person’s race? Mark one or more races to indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be.
**White
**Black, African Am., or Negro
**American Indian or Alaska Native — Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.
**Native Hawaiian
**Guamanian or Chamorro
**Samoan
**Other Pacific Islander - Print race.
**Asian Indian
**Chinese
**Filipino
**Japanese
**Korean
**Vietnamese
**Other Asian — Print race.
**Some other race — Print race.
*7. What is this person’s ancestry or ethnic origin? (For example: Italian, Jamaican, African Am., Cambodian, Cape Verdean, Norwegian, Dominican, French Canadian, Haitian, Korean, Lebanese, Polish, Nigerian, Mexican, Taiwanese, Ukrainian, and so on.)
*11. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?
**Yes - What is this language? (For example: Korean, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese)
**No
*12. Where was this person born?
**In the United States — Print name of state.
**Outside the United States — Print name of foreign country
