Deborah D. Ingram, PhD, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Rd., MS6208, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 458-4733, DDIngram@cdc.gov

The Census Quality Survey to Evaluate Responses to the Census 2000 Question on Race is used to evaluate the bridging models developed by NCHS to bridge the Census 2000 multiple-race population to single-race categories (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, and White). The Census Quality Survey used a split panel design to collect race data using both the 1990 race question and the Census 2000 race question from a bout 50,000 households. To assess the robustness of the bridging models obtained using the 1997-2000 NHIS, the models are fit to the Census Quality Survey data. The resulting parameter estimates are compared to those obtained using the NHIS data. Further, county-age-sex-Hispanic origin –specific probabilities of selecting each of the possible single-race categories are obtained and applied to the Census 2000 Summary Data file to obtain bridged-race population counts. These population counts are compared to those obtained using the NHIS bridging proportions to determine how close the agreement is. The impact of using additional Census 2000 contextual variables (such as segregation indexes) is examined.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the models developed by NCHS, using NHIS data, to bridge the 1997 OMB race categories to the 1977 OMB race categories used on vital records.
• Learn about the Census Quality Survey .
• Assess the NCHS race-bridging models using the Census Quality Survey.
• This assessment is important for persons who calculate viatl statistics using bridged-race population estimates.

Keywords: Population, Statistics

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.