Variable asiaetha: Asian ancestry or origin [S]

PreQuestion Text

Please tell me which one or more of the following you would use to describe yourself. Would you describe yourself as Asian, Black or African American, White, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander?

Literal Question

The variable was created from multiple survey questions, specifically A3. and A4.

Descriptive Text

The variable was recoded to seven general categories of Asian ethnicity or origin. The universe for this variable includes all Asian respondents age 18 and older.

Values	Categories	N	NW
1	Vietnamese	331	58,891.2	36.2%
2	Chinese	191	27,341.8	16.8%
3	Indian	44	18,375.6	11.3%
4	Other East Asian	45	4,692.7	2.9%
5	Other South Asian	78	30,813.6	18.9%
6	Other Asian, Not Otherwise Specified	32	19,573.2	12.0%
7	Multiple Asian ancestry	9	2,935.2	1.8%
0	NIU - not Asian or under age 18	5764	3,923,265.7

Summary Statistics

Valid cases	730	162623.345
Missing cases	5764	3923265.655
This variable is numeric

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