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Correspondence between interracial births and multiple race reporting in the
National Health Interview SurveyJennifer D. Parker
Academy Health Annual Research MeetingJune 10, 2008
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Health Statistics
Background
• In 1997 OMB guidelines for race and ethnicity included requirement for multiple race data collection and reporting within federal agencies
• The National Health Interview Survey has allowed more than one race response since 1976; multiple race data included on in-house data files since 1997
• Interracial births increasing
• ? What is the relationship between interracial births and multiple race reporting?
Objective
• To examine the correspondence between multiple race reporting and interracial births in national data systems
– How do trends in interracial births and multiple race reporting compare?
– How many multiple race respondents in a survey would we expect given the number of interracial births?
– Does this expectation differ by race combination?
– How do interracial parents identify child’s race?
Data sources
• Natality data 1968 – 2004
• National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 1997-2006
– All survey participants born in the U.S. from 1968 through 2004
– Children of interracial and multiple race parents NHIS 2002-2006• Two biological parents in household
Percent multiple race reporting by NHIS survey year
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Survey year
Per
cen
t
Source: NHIS 1997-2006
Multiple race
Percent multiple race reporting by NHIS survey year
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Survey year
Per
cen
t
Source: NHIS 1997-2006
Multiple race
AIAN/white
black/white
API/white
AIAN=American Indian/Alaska Native; API=Asian or Pacific Islander
Percent multiple race reporting by NHIS survey year, all respondents and those born 1968-2004
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Survey year
Per
cen
t
Source: NHIS 1997-2006
All respondents
Born 1968-2004
Percent interracial births and multiple race reporting by year of birth
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
68-70 71-73 74-76 77-79 80-82 83-85 86-88 89-91 92-94 95-97 98-00 01-04
Year of birth
Per
cen
t
Source: Natality Files 1968-2004 and NHIS 1997-2006
Multiple race
Interracial births
Percent black/white interracial births and multiple race reporting by year of birth
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
68-70 71-73 74-76 77-79 80-82 83-85 86-88 89-91 92-94 95-97 98-00 01-04
Year of birth
Per
cen
t
Source: Natality Files 1968-2004 and NHIS 1997-2006
Interracial births
Multiple race
Percent AIAN/white interracial births and multiple race reporting by year of birth
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
68-70 71-73 74-76 77-79 80-82 83-85 86-88 89-91 92-94 95-97 98-00 01-04
Year of birth
Per
cen
t
Source: Natality Files 1968-2004 and NHIS 1997-2006
Interracial births
Multiple race
AIAN=American Indian/Alaska Native
Percent API/white interracial births and multiple race reporting by year of birth
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
68-70 71-73 74-76 77-79 80-82 83-85 86-88 89-91 92-94 95-97 98-00 01-04
Year of birth
Per
cen
t
Source: Natality Files 1968-2004 and NHIS 1997-2006
Interracial births
Multiple race
API=Asian or Pacific Islander
Expected and observed percent multiple race reporting in the NHIS for respondents born 1968 through 2004
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Survey year
Per
cen
t
Source: Natality Files 1968-2004 and NHIS 1997-2006
Expected
Observed
Expected and observed percent black-white multiple race reporting in the NHIS for respondents born 1968 through 2004
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: Natality Files 1968-2004 and NHIS 1997-2006
Expected
Observed
Expected and observed percent AIAN-white multiple race reporting in the NHIS for respondents born 1968 through 2004
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Survey year
Per
cen
t
Source: Natality Files 1968-2004 and NHIS 1997-2006
Expected
Observed
AIAN=American Indian/Alaska Native
Expected and observed percent API/white multiple race reporting in the NHIS for respondents born 1968 through 2004
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Survey year
Per
cen
t
Source: Natality Files 1968-2004 and NHIS 1997-2006
Expected
Observed
API=Asian or Pacific Islander
Child’s reported race, by parent’s race children with one white and one black parent
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
White mother/Black father (81.8%) Black mother/White father (18.2%)
Parent's reported race
Per
cen
t
whiteblack
white
black
white/black
white/black
Source: NHIS 2002-2006
Child’s reported race, by parent’s race children with one white and one AIAN parent
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
White mother/AIAN father (39.2%) AIAN mother/White father (60.8%)
Parent's reported race
Per
cen
t
white
AIAN
AIAN/white whiteAIAN AIAN/white
Source: NHIS 2002-2006
Child’s reported race, by parent’s race children with one white and one API parent
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
White mother/API father (35%) API mother/White father (65%)
Parent's reported race
Per
cen
t
white
API
API/white
whiteAPI
API/white
Source: NHIS 2002-2006
Child’s reported race, by parent’s race children with one or two multiple race parents
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
White-black parent(n=188)
White-AIAN parent(n=500)
White-API parent (n=170)
Multiple race parent's reported race
Per
cen
t
white
white
white
blk
black/white
AIAN
AIAN/wht
API
API/wht
Source: NHIS 2002-2006
There are several issues that make the preceding comparisons “ballpark”• Data collection for race changed between 1968-2004
• Hispanic populations have increased; race reporting by Hispanics may complicate these comparisons
• Procedures for missing race and Other race differed between data sources and over time
• Missing father’s race on vital statistics increased over time and underestimates interracial births
• Combining 1997-2006 NHIS for birth-year analysis ignores reporting trends
• No variances were estimated for the percentages; no statistical tests were done
Conclusions
• Interracial births do not correspond to multiple race reporting in the NHIS and comparisons differ among race groups– Black/white and API/white report > 1 race less often
than expected by birth records – Comparisons for AIAN/white vary by age
• Interracial parents do not consistently report one race, the other, or both for their children
Acknowledgement
• Catherine Duran provided invaluable programming assistance
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