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VCF0109 R Ethnicity

QUESTION:
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In addition to being an American what do you consider your main
ethnic group or nationality group?
(IF MORE THAN 1 GROUP MENTIONED:) With which of these groups do you
most closely identify?

VALID_CODES:
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010-874. Ethnicity as coded

MISSING_CODES:
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877. 'American'; 'Just American'; none; neither 
     (response to 'choice' question); NA
888. DK
000. Short-form 'new' Cross Section (1992)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See ethnicicty codes- Appendix "ETHNICITY"
GENERAL NOTE:
This represents the single mention of respondents who indicated only
1 ethnic group and the 'most close' group (followup question) of
respondents who indicated more than 1 ethnic group.
There is no code to single out Rs who volunteered to assert their
'American' identity.  This is because in most years these Rs were
combined with NA and/or 'none' (no ethnic identity).
1978 NOTE:
A version of this question which included a (filter) lead-in was used:  
'In addition to being an American, is there another nationality group 
or ethnic group that you feel you belong to?   [IF YES]  What...'   
Because of this format, the 1978 distributions varied dramatically from 
other years, and 1978 data have not been included.
1992 NOTE:
This was not part of the 'short-form' questionnaire; for short-form 
panel cases, however, 1990 study data were incorporated.
1994 NOTE:
For panel cases, 1992 data were incorporated.
1996 NOTE:
In a few cases R identified 2 or more nationality/ethnicity groups but 
the interviewer did not ask the 'choice' followup (due to incorrect 
completion of the IWR checkpoint); since R's chosen nationality/
ethnicity remained undetermined, these cases (30) were considered 
missing data (code 99 here).
2004 NOTE:
For respondents who gave multiple mentions but did not choose one
ethnic group as closest, 1st mention is coded.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1972:  720406 
1974:  742528 
1976:  763489 
1980:  800695,800696,800697
1982:  820739 
1984:  840692
1986:  860742 
1988:  880537 
1990:  900673 
1992:  924116,924119 
1994:  941415 
1996:  960706 
1998:  980657 
2000:  001008
2004:  043303x


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03