2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000

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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Race, general recode, 2000 (US2000A_RACGEN00)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 536

End: 536

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v=" US00A425 US00A566 US00A567 US00A568 US00A569 US00A570 US00A571 US00A572 US00A573 US00A599"><span class="em">6. What is this person's race? </span>Mark [X] one or more races to indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be.<br /><div class="i1">[] White<br /> [] Black, African Am., or Negro<br /> [] American Indian or Alaska Native - Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Asian Indian<br />[] Chinese<br />[] Filipino<br />[] Japanese<br />[] Korean<br />[] Vietnamese<br />[] Other Asian - Print race.</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Native Hawaiian<br />[] Guamanian or Chamorro<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Other Pacific Islander - Print race.</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] Some other race - Print race.</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />____</div><br /></svar>

Value	Category
1	White alone
2	Black or African American alone
3	American Indian alone
4	Alaska Native alone
5	American Indian and Alaska Native and no other race
6	Asian alone
7	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
8	Other race alone
9	Two or more major race groups

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the races reported to describe the person.

Universe

United States 2000:

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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