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SAS Variable Name: RACEM

Description:

Race

Question:

Data item developed by survey contractors using available administrative data.

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Domain:

1993

Not Applicable for 1993

1995

Not Applicable for 1995

1997

Not Applicable for 1997

1999

Not Applicable for 1999

2001

Not Applicable for 2001

2003

All respondents

2006

All respondents

2008

All respondents

Categorical Values:

• For 1993, item tallies are not available because data were not collected.
• For 1995, item tallies are not available because data were not collected.
• For 1997, item tallies are not available because data were not collected.
• For 1999, item tallies are not available because data were not collected.
• For 2001, item tallies are not available because data were not collected.
• To view the table of 2003 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2006 item tallies, click here.
• To view the table of 2008 item tallies, click here.

Survey Component Availability



Year	SESTAT Integrated Database		NSRCG		NSCG		SDR
	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use	Restricted Use	Public Use
1993	X	X	X	NF	NF	X	X	NF
1995	X	X	X	NF	X	NF	X	NF
1997	X	X	X	NF	X	NF	X	NF
1999	X	X	X	NF	X	NF	X	NF
2001	NF	NF	X	X	NS	NS	X	X
2003	Available	X	Available	X	Available	Available	Available	X
2006	Available	X	Available	X	Available	NF	Available	X
2008	Available	X	Available	X	Available	NF	Available	X

KEY:
Available = Variable is available
X = Variable was collected, but is not available on this file
S = Variable was not collected, but similar information is available in other files. Refer to Domain information.
NS = Survey not conducted
NF = This file was not created

For data elements that are only available for private use, contact NSF about obtaining access to these restricted data.

1993

NSCG: Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: Not applicable, question not asked


1995


NSCG: Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: Not applicable, question not asked


1997


NSCG:

Regular NSCG: Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form A): Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form B): Not applicable, question not asked

NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: Not applicable, question not asked


1999


NSCG:

Regular NSCG: Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form A): Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form B): Not applicable, question not asked

NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: Not applicable, question not asked


2001


NSCG: Survey not conducted
NSRCG: Not applicable, question not asked
SDR: Not applicable, question not asked


2003


NSCG: RECODE
NSRCG: RECODE
SDR: RECODE


2006


NSCG: SYSTEM
NSRCG: SYSTEM
SDR: SYSTEM


2008


NSCG: SYSTEM
NSRCG: SYSTEM
SDR: SYSTEM

Quality and other technical information related to this item:

General
For the 1993 NSCG, this item was not obtained directly from the survey form but was instead obtained from the sampling frame. The 1990 Decennial Census Long Form was used to construct the sampling frame, and thus some information routinely collected by the census, such as gender and race, was known about each respondent even before the 1993 NSCG survey data was collected.

For some surveys, the response for this data item was not obtained directly from the survey form, but was instead available from an administrative data source outside SESTAT, and is indicated by the word "SYSTEM" for the source. In other cases, the survey contractor assigned codes to verbatim responses. A typical example involves the location codes, either state or country, for universities or colleges. The survey form asks the respondent to provide the name of the university at which a degree was earned. When the survey results are processed, the name of the university is compared to an external lookup table containing university names and their location codes. When a matching university name is found, the corresponding location code becomes part of the SESTAT database.

This variable is derived from other variables within SESTAT. More information is available on the derived U_DEM_MULTIPLE_RACE_CAT page

Topic Areas associated with this data element:

U- Age, Birth, Gender, Race/Ethnicity

ETHNICITY
RACE
RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP

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