>> ETHNICITY MASTER CODE

>> ETHNICITY MASTER CODE

WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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     North America
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       01. American Indian, tribal mentions
       02. Canadian; not specified as French-Canadian (03)
       03. Canadian, of French origin
       04. Mexican (excluding explicit mention of "Chicano",
           "Mexican-American")
       05. Central American
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     West Indies
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       07. Barbados
       08. Cuban
       09. Dominican Republic
       10. Haitian
       11. Jamaican
       12. Puerto Rican
       13. West Indian--not from one of the above countries
       14. West Indian--NA which country
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     South America
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       16. South American--any country

EUROPE
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     British Isles
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       18. English, British
       19. Irish (not specified as from Northern Ireland, Ulster--22)
       20. Scottish
       21. Welsh
       22. From Northern Ireland (Ulster)
       23. Scot-Irish
       24. From British Isles; from two or more countries of the
           British Isles
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    Western Europe
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       26. Austrian
       27. Belgian
       28. French
       29. German; also Pennsylvania Dutch
       30. Luxembourg
       31. Netherlands, Holland; Dutch
       32. Swiss
       33. From Western Europe; two or more countries of Western Europe
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     Scandinavia
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       35. Danish
       36. Finn, Finnish
       37. Norwegian
       38. Swedish
       39. Icelander
       40. Scandinavian; reference to two or more Scandinavian
           countries 
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     Multiple - Western Europe/Scandinavia/British Isles
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       41. Reference to two or more countries from combination of the
           following areas:  British Isles, Western Europe,
           Scandinavia, Mediterranean countries, Greece 
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    Eastern Europe
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       43. Czechoslovakian, Slavic
       44. Estonian
       45. Hungarian
       46. Latvian
       47. Lithuanian
       48. Polish
       49. Russian; from U.S.S.R.     
       50. Ukrainian
       51. Eastern Europe; reference to two or more countries of
           Eastern Europe
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     Balkan Countries
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       53. Albanian
       54. Bulgarian
       55. Greek
       56. Rumanian
       57. Yugoslavian
       58. Mention of two or more Balkan Countries
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     Mediterranean Countries
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       60. Italian
       61. Portugese
       62. Spanish
       63. Maltese
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     Multiple - Europe
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       64. European; general mention of Europe; reference to two or
           more European countries of Europe not codeable above

ASIA (exc. NEAR EAST)
       65. Pakistani
       66. Afghan
       67. Indian (not American Indian, code 01)
       68. Southeast Asia--from Indochina, Thailand, Malaya, Burma,
           Philippines, Indonesia
       69. Chinese
       70. Japanese; Japanese American
       71. Korean
       72. Asian

NEAR EAST
       73. Egyptian
       74. Iranian, Persian
       75. Iraqi
       76. Israeli
       77. Jordanian
       78. Lebanese
       79. Arab, Arabian, Saudi Arabian
       80. Syrian
       81. Turk, Turkish
       82. Armenian

AFRICA
       83. African; from any African country excluding only Egypt
           (U.A.R.); South African (formerly 90)

OCEANIA
       84. South Pacific Islander other than 85 (incl native Hawaiian)
       85. Australian, New Zealander, Tasmanian

ETHNIC GROUPS
       86. White, Caucasian
       87. Black; Negro; American Black; African American
       88. Chicano; Mexican-American; Hispanic; Latin American
       89. Asian-American (exc. specifically Japanese American, 70)

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS **
       90. None; neither (response to 'choice' question)
       91. Catholic
       92. Protestant
       93. Jewish
       94. Other religious groups
       95. Both/all of them (response to 'choice' question only
       96. 'American'; 'Just American'
       97. Other group; combinations not codeable above

MISSING DATA **
       98. DK
       99. RF
       00. NA; no further mention


** these codes are slightly revised in 2000