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Ethnicity and Race Understanding the Difference

Ethnicity and Race Understanding the Difference. Definitions and Data Collection . U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010 March 2011.

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Ethnicity and Race Understanding the Difference

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  1. Ethnicity and RaceUnderstanding the Difference

  2. Definitions and Data Collection U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010 March 2011

  3. Overview of race and ethnicity concepts and definitions used in the 2010 census The U.S. Census Bureau collects race and Hispanic origin information following the guidance of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 1997 Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity.

  4. Ethnicity: • Hispanic origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, linage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestor's before their arrival in the United States. • "Hispanic or Latino" refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

  5. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be any race • White • Black or African American • American Indian and Alaska Native • Asian • Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander • Two or More Races Other Race Race: The seven race categories on the PRRS Data Collection Tool are aligned to OMB's race categories:

  6. Example:If your agency contacted 6 families in the month of July:

  7. Ethnicity:

  8. Race:

  9. Remember: • All Demographic counts on Data Screens 3, 4 and 5; • Contacts by Zip Code and Gender • Contacts by Race and Ethnicity • Contacts by Age • SHOULD ALWAYS MATCH!

  10. THANK YOU

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