Interviewer instructions
Question 10: Self-identification of ethnicity
10. Does [name] consider himself/herself...?
[] 1 black or of African descendant
[] 2 mulatto
[] 3 Chinese
[] 4 white or mestizo
[] 5 other
[] 6 none
You must ask the question of all habitual residents of the household, national or foreign, present or not. For no reason should you not ask this question, except when they have identified themselves as indigenous.
The response will be noted using the focus on "self-identification of ethnicity" so that you must respect and assign the response provided by the person. For no reason may you assign a response using as reference the physical appearance of the person.
Black or of African descendant: persons that identify mainly with the cultural roots of African ancestry and its diaspora.
Mulatto: persons that identify mainly with the cultural roots of African ancestry and its diaspora, through one of their parents.
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Chinese: persons with ancestry from the People's Republic of China, includingTaiwan and Hong Kong. This does not include people with other Asian ancestries.
White or mestizo: persons that identify mainly with the cultural and historic Hispanic American legacy. This also includes identification with the European and Anglo cultural and historic legacy.
Other: persons that self-identify with an ethnicity not mentioned in the previous categories.
None: persons that do not consider themselves to belong to any ethnicity.
