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Abstract #304180

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Activity Number:	287
Type:	Luncheons
Date/Time:	Tuesday, August 9, 2005 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #304180
Title:	Bridging the Gap: Moving to the 1997 Standards for Collecting Data on Race and Ethnicity - LUNCHEON CANCELLED
Author(s):	Jennifer Madans
Companies:	National Center for Health Statistics
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Keywords:	Race/ethnicity ; Bridging ; Data standards
Abstract:	Systems for classifying persons by race, ethnic background, and other attributes make it possible to compare population characteristics across data collection programs and throughout time. However, population changes make it necessary to update such systems periodically. To monitor population trends, bridges need to be developed that allow us to transition between system changes. The Office of Management and Budget's 1997 standards for the collection of data on race and ethnicity presented many challenges, especially because it allowed respondents to choose more than one race. Calculating vital rates, a major NCHS program activity, requires data from the census for the denominators, but data from state vital statistics offices for the numerators. Although the 2000 census adopted the 1997 standards, state vital statistics offices generally have not yet adopted them. Thus there is incompatibility between the race classifications used for the vital records and those used to estimate population counts. We will discuss the approach taken by NCHS to build a bridge between the old and new classifications and the related infrastructure that supported the project.

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