How is the ancestry question asked?
Both the Census 2000 and the American Community Survey (ACS) question asked “What is your ancestry or ethnic origin?” The question also provides examples of particular ethnic groups, which have changed since 1980. The response options to the question are two blank spaces in which respondents can write in whatever ancestry(ies) they want. We coded up to two ancestries per person. We collect the first two ancestries written, so if a respondent writes in German, Italian, and Scottish, only German and Italian would be coded for that respondent. See the Census 2000 question on ancestry See the entire Census 2000 questionnaire [PDF 501k] See the ACS question on ancestry See the entire ACS questionnaire [PDF 436k] In 1990 the question was the same; the examples given were different. See the 1990 Census question on ancestry See the entire 1990 Census questionnaire [PDF 599k] In 1980 the question was “What is your ancestry?”, which is slightly different than in 1990 and 2000 in that it didn’t i
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