CPS NSC_Race_Items

ITEMS BOOKLET
FOR
TEST OF NEW RACE QUESTIONS
TO THE
CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY
July 2025

ITEMS BOOKLET
2025 July New Race Questions
PRESUP

[F1] Help Screen

This month we are testing new questions about race and ethnicity. Please
listen carefully, as the questions and categories are different than what you
were asked earlier.
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I’m going to read a list of 7 race and ethnicity categories. You may choose
more than one. [Is NAME/ Are you)..
Read all response options; select all that apply

White
Hispanic or Latino
Black or African American
Asian
American Indian or Alaska Native
Middle Eastern or North African
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

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Now, I’m going to ask for more detail for each race or ethnicity you
mentioned.

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You said that [NAME is / you are] White. Within this category, please
specify one or more groups, for example, [is NAME/ are you]…
Read all response options; select all that apply

English
German
Irish
Italian
Polish
Scottish
Another White group

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SWHITES

What other White group, for example, French, Swedish, Norwegian, or some other
White group?
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You said that [NAME is / you are] Hispanic or Latino. Within this category,
please specify one or more groups, for example, [is NAME/ are you]…
Read all response options; select all that apply

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Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
Cuban
Dominican
Guatemalan
Another Hispanic or Latino group

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What other Hispanic or Latino group, for example, Columbian, Honduran,
Spaniard, or some other group?
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You said that [NAME is / you are] Black or African American. Within this
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category, please specify one or more groups, for example, [is NAME/ are
you]…
Read all response options; select all that apply

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African American
Jamaican
Haitian
Nigerian
Ethiopian
Somali
Another Black or African American group

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What other Black or African American group, for example, Trinidadian and
Tobagonian, Ghanian, Congolese, or some other group?
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You said that [NAME is / you are] Asian. Within this category, please
SASIAN

specify one or more groups, for example, [is NAME/ are you]…
Read all response options; select all that apply

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Chinese
Asian Indian
Filipino
Vietnamese
Korean
Japanese
7. Another Asian group

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What other Asian group, for example, Pakistani, Hmong Afghan, or some
other group?
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You said that [NAME is / you are] American Indian or Alaska Native. Please
SAIAN

specify one or more groups, for example, Navajo Nation; Blackfeet Tribe
of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Native Village of Barrow
Inupiat Traditional Government; Nome Eskimo Community; Aztec; Maya;
or another American Indian or Alaska Native group.

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You said that [NAME is / you are] Middle Eastern or North African. Within
this category, please specify one or more groups, for example, [is NAME/
are you]…
Read all response options; select all that apply

Lebanese
Iranian
Egyptian
Syrian
Iraqi
Israeli
Another Middle Eastern or North African group

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SMENAS

What other Middle Eastern or North African group, for example, Moroccan,
Yemeni, Kurdish, or some other group?
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You said that [NAME is / you are] Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
SNHPI

Within this category, please specify one or more groups, for example, [is
NAME/ are you]…
Read all response options; select all that apply

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Native Hawaiian
Samoan
Chamorro
Tongan
Fijian
Marshallese
Another Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander group

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What other Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander group, for example, Chuukese,
Palauan, Tahitian, or some other group?
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