Get Screening Questions - Method Of Reporting Race And Ethnicity For This Component - Famu

For example, if a respondent identifies as "Asian" and "White," they may respond to the question on race by checking the appropriate boxes that describe their racial identities and/or writing in these identities on the spaces provided.

Individuals classify themselves in racial and ethnic categories but are also classified based on others' perceptions. An individual's self-report of race or ethnicity is probably the most useful and the most consistent measure of his or her race and ethnicity and is, therefore, the one most frequently used.

The minimum categories for data on race and ethnicity for Federal statistics, program administrative reporting, and civil rights compliance reporting are defined by OMB as follows: American Indian or Alaska Native. ... Asian. ... Black or African American. ... Hispanic or Latino. ... Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. ... White.

Self-identification is always the preferred method of obtaining demographic information. As will become clear in the section describing categorical best practices, sources vary slightly in their preferences for collecting information around gender identity, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity.

Self-identification is the preferred means of obtaining information about an individual's race and ethnicity, except in instances where observer identification is more practical.

The OMB minimum categories for race are: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White. The OMB minimum categories for ethnicity are: Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino.

The question measuring a respondent's race or ethnicity will now include seven broad categories: White, Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Middle Eastern or North African, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

The ethnicity question must come first, followed by the question on race. The race question must ask respondents to select one or more of the five racial groups. The ethnicity question is: What is this person's ethnicity?

The question measuring a respondent's race or ethnicity will now include seven broad categories: White, Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Middle Eastern or North African, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.