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VCF0106a Respondent Race 6-category

QUESTION:
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1948-1998: INTERVIEWER OBSERVATION OF RACE
2000 AND LATER: What racial or ethnic group or groups best describes you?
1972 AND LATER (exc. 2002): In addition to being American, what do you 
consider your main ethnic group or nationality group?

VALID_CODES:
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1. White
2. Black
3. Asian
4. Native American
5. Hispanic
7. Other

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  DK; NA; no Pre IW; short-form 'new' Cross Section
    or Spanish language (1992)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
When variables for IWR observation of race were present in both the Pre
and Post, the Pre variable has been utilized (1960,1972,1976,1980-1986).
In years prior to 1972, race was identified by interviewer observation
alone. Beginning in 1972, respondents were also asked for ethnic
self-identification.  VCF0106a includes only the IWR observation race 
data for 1948-1970, but reclassifies IWR observation race of 1972-1998 
respondents who were observed as White or Other if their primary 
(first) mention for ethnic self-identification was a Black, Asian, 
Native American, or Hispanic mention.  (These reclassifications of race 
from specific mentions for ethnic/national self-identification are in 
conformity with available Census definitions).
1960 NOTE:
The Pre variable incorporated data from Post race variable V600249
to establish the race of 22 no-pre cases.
1992 NOTE:
Interviewer observation of race was not part of the 'short-form' 
questionnaire; for short-form panel cases, however, 1990 study data 
were incorporated.
2000 NOTE:
Interviewer observation was not utilized for identification of 
respondent race. Instead, respondents were first asked to self-identify 
their own racial group and were then asked for their ethnic self-
identification.  Respondents with a primary (first) mention for race
which was not Black, Asian, Native American or Hispanic had race
reclassified in VCF0106a for race from primary ethnic self-
identification in the same manner as for 1972-1998.
2002 NOTE:
The ethnicity question was not asked and this variable was coded from 
the racial self-identification mentions.  Since order of mentions was 
not determined, combined mention of white and other racial group has 
been recoded to the nonwhite racial group.
2004 NOTE:
same as 2000.
1 case of middle-eastern respondent who identified self as Asian (in
British fashion) has been coded to 1.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1948:  480046
1952:  520129 
1954:  540027
1956:  560172  
1958:  580171
1960:  600119
1962:  620097
1964:  640183 
1966:  660237
1968:  680264  
1970:  700391(type 0)  
1972:  720406,720425  
1974:  742528,742554 
1976:  763489,763513  
1978:  780608,780631,780632
1980:  800695,800721  
1982:  820736,820763 
1984:  840689,840708  
1986:  860739,860756 
1988:  880412,880534  
1990:  900549,900670 
1992:  924116,924202  
1994:  941412,941435 
1996:  960067,960703  
1998:  980654,980673 
2000:  001006a,001008 
2002:  023150
2004:  043299a,043301a


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03