Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement

Hispanic Ethnicity Question

Example Questions:

• Is this person of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin? (Source: Census)
• Do you consider yourself Hispanic/Latino? (Source: HRET Toolkit)

Response Categories:

• Hispanic or Latino
• Not Hispanic or Latino

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Combined Hispanic Ethnicity & Race Question

Example Questions:

• Which category best describes your Hispanic ethnicity and race? Select one or more.

Response Categories:

• American Indian or Alaska Native
• Asian
• Black or African American
• Hispanic or Latino
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
• White
• Some other race

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Race Question

Example Questions:

• What is this person's race? Select one or more boxes. (Source: Census)
• Which category best describes your race? (Source: HRET Toolkit) Check all that apply.

Response Categories:

• Black or African American
• White
• Asian
• American Indian or Alaska Native
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
• Some other race

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Granular Ethnicity Question

Example Questions:

• What is this person's ancestry or ethnic origin? (Source: Census)
• What specific ethnic group are you? (Source: CHIS)

Response Categories:

• Locally relevant list of categories selected from a national standard set
• Other, please specify:___
  OR
• Open-ended question with responses coded from a national standard set

Granular Ethnicity Question

Example Questions:

• What is this person's ancestry or ethnic origin? (Source: Census)
• What specific ethnic group are you? (Source: CHIS)

• Locally relevant list of categories selected from a national standard set
• Other, please specify:___
  OR
• Open-ended question with responses coded from a national standard set