Coding and Editing Multiple Race and Ethnicity David

Coding and Editing Multiple Race and Ethnicity David P. Johnson Survey Statistician Division of Vital Statistics National Center for Health Statistics Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Coding and Editing Multiple Race and Ethnicity Introduction n Implementation n Status n Code distribution n Statistics n Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Introduction n Meeting handout NCHS Procedures n Implementation n Record format of coded multiple race and ethnicity n Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Background n 1997 – New federal standards for classifying race & ethnicity n 2000 - Decennial Census n 2000 – New US Standard Certificate recommended Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Background – Continued n 2002 – The development of system to code and edit multiple race and ethnicity announced by NCHS. n 2003 – First States being collecting/ reporting multiple race and ethnicity Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Background – Continued n 2003 – Jim Weed describes the coding and editing process and analysis methods. n 2004 – Availability of coded and edited multiple race and ethnicity is announced. Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Implementation Status State adoption of multiple race and ethnicity n Coding application n Statistics n Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Automated Race & Ethnicity Coding Application Uses full data record n Standardize data n National standard n Write-in only n n Code assignment Checkbox n Parse write-in n Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Coding Application n Code edits Reassignment n Removal n Duplicate removal n Term reject assignment n Bridging n Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Coded data distribution n Return coded data to State Race and ethnicity codes n Edited and bridged codes n Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Preliminary 2003 Births Multiple race reporting n Bridging for comparability n Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Percent Expected, States Collecting Multiple Race, Preliminary 2003 Births State Processed California Hawaii Pennsylvania Utah Washington Percent of expected US 99. 8 100. 0 74. 5 100. 0 99. 8 20. 1 Note: Ohio began collecting multiple race in December Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Number and Percent Reporting Multiple Races Preliminary, 2003 Births Mother 21527 2. 7% Father 18354 2. 5% Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Race of Mother and Father, Preliminary 2003 Births Race Mother Father All Races (Excludes not reported) 788659 734922 96. 9% 97. 1% 2. 7% 2. 5% White 78. 4% Black 6. 0% 6. 9% 0. 6% 0. 5% 10. 4% 9. 6% Single Race Multiple Race One Race American Indian & Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Asian or Pacific Islander (API) Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Race of Mother and Father, Prelim. 2003 Births (Cont’d) Two Races Mother Father White and Black 0. 5% White and AI/AN 0. 7% 0. 6% White and API 1. 0% 0. 9% Black and AI/AN 0. 2% Black and API 0. 1% AI/AN and API 0. 1% Three or more 0. 1% Other 1. 9% Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Bridged Multiple Race Code Structure 01 White 11 Native Hawaiian 02 Black 12 Guamanian 03 Am Ind. /Al Nat. (AI/AN) 13 Samoan 04 Asian Indian 14 Other Pacific Islander 05 Chinese 15 Other 06 Filipino 21 Bridged White 07 Japanese 22 Bridged Black 08 Korean 23 Bridged AI / AN 09 Vietnamese 24 Bridged Asian/Pacific Islander 10 Other Asian 99 Not reported Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Mother’s race before and after Multiple Race Implementation, Final 2002 and Preliminary 2003 Births 2002 2003 (Before) (After) White 80. 0% 78. 6% Black 6. 9% 6. 4% AI/AN 0. 7% 11. 0% 11. 3% 0. 3% 1. 9% API Other Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Mother’s race: Other Race Imputed, Final 2002 and Preliminary 2003 Births 2002 2003 (Before) (After) White 81. 1% 81. 0% Black 7. 0% 6. 7% AI/AN 0. 8% 0. 7% 11. 1% 11. 6% API Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

The Future HL-7 Standards n PHIN messaging n Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004

Thank you n Dave Johnson n dpj 1@cdc. gov Strengthening Partnerships: Shaping the Future Portland, OR June 6 th – 10 th, 2004