Asian

Variable Details

VariableValueDescription
AsianPersons with origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinentRAC1P = 6
AsianChinesePeople who indicate their race as “Chinese” or who identify themselves as Cantonese or Chinese AmericanRAC2P05 = 43 or RAC2P12 = 43 or RAC2P12 = 44
AsianJapanesePeople who indicate their race as “Japanese” or who report entries such as Nipponese or Japanese AmericanRAC2P05 = 47 or RAC2P12 = 48
AsianFilipinoPeople who indicate their race as “Filipino” or who report entries such as Philipino, Philipine, or Filipino AmericanRAC2P05 = 44 or RAC2P12
AsianKoreanPeople who indicate their race as “Korean” or who provide a response of Korean AmericanRAC2P05 = 48 or RAC2P12 = 49
AsianIndianPeople who indicate their race as “Asian Indian” or identified themselves as Bengalese, Bharat, Dravidian, East Indian, or Goanese.RAC2P05 = 40 or RAC2P12 = 38
AsianVietnamesePeople who indicate their race as “Vietnamese” or who provide a response of Vietnamese American.RAC2P05 = 54 or RAC2P12 = 57 then Asian = 6
AsianOtherPeople who provide a write-in response of an Asian group, such as Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Burmese, Indochinese, Indonesian, Iwo Jiman, Madagascar, Malaysian, Maldivian, Nepalese, Okinawan, Pakistani, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, or Other Asian, not specifiedAsian = 7