Coding and Editing Multiple Race and Ethnicity David P. Johnson Survey Statistician Division of Vital Statistics National Center for Health Statistics

Coding and Editing Multiple Race and Ethnicity Introduction Implementation Status Code distribution Statistics

Introduction Meeting handout NCHS Procedures Implementation Record format of coded multiple race and ethnicity

Background 1997 – New federal standards for classifying race & ethnicity 2000 - Decennial Census 2000 – New US Standard Certificate recommended

Background – Continued 2002 – The development of system to code and edit multiple race and ethnicity announced by NCHS. 2003 – First States being collecting/ reporting multiple race and ethnicity

Background – Continued 2003 – Jim Weed describes the coding and editing process and analysis methods. 2004 – Availability of coded and edited multiple race and ethnicity is announced.

Implementation Status State adoption of multiple race and ethnicity Coding application Statistics

Automated Race & Ethnicity Coding Application Uses full data record Standardize data National standard Write-in only Code assignment Checkbox Parse write-in

Coding Application Code edits Reassignment Removal Duplicate removal Term reject assignment Bridging

Coded data distribution Return coded data to State Race and ethnicity codes Edited and bridged codes

Preliminary 2003 Births Multiple race reporting Bridging for comparability

Percent Expected, States Collecting Multiple Race, Preliminary 2003 Births Processed California 99.8 Hawaii 100.0 Pennsylvania 74.5 Utah Washington Percent of expected US 20.1 Note: Ohio began collecting multiple race in December

Number and Percent Reporting Multiple Races Preliminary, 2003 Births Mother 21527 2.7% Father 18354 2.5%

Race of Mother and Father, Preliminary 2003 Births All Races (Excludes not reported) 788659 734922 Single Race 96.9% 97.1% Multiple Race 2.7% 2.5% One Race White 78.4% Black 6.0% 6.9% American Indian & Alaskan Native (AI/AN) 0.6% 0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander (API) 10.4% 9.6%

Race of Mother and Father, Prelim. 2003 Births (Cont’d) Two Races Mother Father White and Black 0.5% White and AI/AN 0.7% 0.6% White and API 1.0% 0.9% Black and AI/AN 0.2% Black and API 0.1% AI/AN and API Three or more Other 1.9%

Bridged Multiple Race Code Structure 01 White 11 Native Hawaiian 02 Black 12 Guamanian 03 Am Ind./Al Nat. (AI/AN) 13 Samoan 04 Asian Indian 14 Other Pacific Islander 05 Chinese 15 Other 06 Filipino 21 Bridged White 07 Japanese 22 Bridged Black 08 Korean 23 Bridged AI / AN 09 Vietnamese 24 Bridged Asian/Pacific Islander 10 Other Asian 99 Not reported

Mother’s race before and after Multiple Race Implementation, Final 2002 and Preliminary 2003 Births White 80.0% 78.6% Black 6.9% 6.4% AI/AN 0.7% API 11.0% 11.3% Other 0.3% 1.9%

Mother’s race: Other Race Imputed, Final 2002 and Preliminary 2003 Births (Before) 2003 (After) White 81.1% 81.0% Black 7.0% 6.7% AI/AN 0.8% 0.7% API 11.1% 11.6%

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Thank you Dave Johnson dpj1@cdc.gov