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Methodologic implications of allocating multiple-race data to single-race categories.(Statistical Data Included)

From: Health Services Research  |  Date: 2/1/2002  |  Author: Makuc, Diane M.; Parker, Jennifer D.

Objective. To illustrate methods for comparing race data collected under the 1977 Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directive, known as OMB-15, with race data collected under the revised 1997 OMB standard.

Data Sources/Study Setting. Secondary data from the 1993-95 National Health Interview Surveys. Multiple-race responses, available on in-house files, were analyzed.

Study Design. Race-specific estimates of employer-sponsored health insurance were calculated using proposed ...

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