Survey Methodology #2003-17 - The American Community Survey (Acs) En Espanol: Using Cognitive Interviews To Test The Functional Equivalency Of Questionnaire Translations - U.s. Bureau Of The Census Page 34
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52B7_2CP
Using this list, please choose one or more categories that best indicate ____’s race.
Usando esta lista, por favor escoja una o más categorías que indiquen la raza de ____.
Most respondents reported the answer categories included in the flash card did not apply to them.
When asked if a different category should be added to include them, some recommended adding
the word <Hispanic>, others recommended adding mestizo, and several made other
recommendations (e.g., Latino, Mexican-American).
Those who considered selecting <Native-American> noted that although this term might be the
closest they could identify with, they realize the term refers to people of “Indian” heritage born
in the United States. Thus, they were disinclined to believe that the Census Bureau would
categorize them as Native-Americans if they were indígenas (native Indians) from Mexico or
other Latin countries.
Conceptually, this question poses a great challenge because people have different interpretations
of what race is, and many of those interpretations do not match the racial classification system
prescribed by OMB. Furthermore, this classification system prescribes that Hispanics may
belong to any race, but many Hispanics do not make a distinction between race and Hispanic
heritage.
This question is grammatically correct, but native Spanish speakers prefer to use this syntax
when talking about someone else, so it is most appropriate for proxy interviews. First-person
interviews may sound awkward because most native Spanish speakers would use the direct
object pronoun su (your) rather than de usted (of you).
Quantitative summary:
White
42%
Thought none of the categories accurately described him or her:
58%
After probing, respondents thought the following categories should be added to the list:
Hispanic
25%
Mestizo
17%
Other:
16%
Ex: Latino, Native-American, Mexican-American
Recommended change:
If the respondent is the subject
Display <Usando esta lista, por favor escoja una o más categorías que indiquen su raza>
Else
If this is a proxy interview
Display <Usando esta lista, por favor escoja una o más categorías que indiquen la
raza de[TEMPNAME]>
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