Literal question
[Question 13- 17 were asked of all persons.]
13. 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.
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Interviewer instructions
13. Print the ancestry group(s). Ancestry refers to the person's ethnic origin or descent, "roots," or heritage. Ancestry also may refer to the country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. Answer this question for all persons, regardless of citizenship status.
Do not report a religious group as a person's ancestry.
Persons who have more than one origin and cannot identify with a single ancestry group may report two ancestry groups (for example, German, Irish).