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2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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United States Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Race, Black or African American (US2015A_RACBLK)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 444
End: 444
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
6. What is Person X's race? Mark (X) one or more boxes. </p>
<div class="i1">[] White<br />[] Black or African Am.<br />[] American Indian or Alaska Native. Print name of enrolled or principal tribe. ________<br />[] Asian Indian <br />[] Japanese <br />[] Chinese <br />[] Korean <br />[] Filipino <br />[] Vietnamese <br />[] Other Asian. Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on._______<br />[] Native Hawaiian<br />[] Guamanian or Chamorro<br />[] Samoan<br />[] Other Pacific Islander. Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on. _________<br />[] Some other race. Print race. ________</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No
2 Yes
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person's race is identified as Black or African American.
Universe
United States 2015: All persons

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