Methodologic implications of allocating multiple-race data to single-race categories

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. Secondary data from the 1993-95 National Health Interview Surveys. Multiple-race responses, a...

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Published in:Health services research 2002-02, Vol.37 (1), p.203-215
Main Authors: Parker, Jennifer D, Makuc, Diane M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Census
Censuses
Child
Confidentiality
Continental Population Groups - classification
Data collection
Data Collection - methods
Data Collection - statistics & numerical data
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Employee benefits
Ethnic Groups - classification
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Ethnicity
Family Characteristics
Health Benefit Plans, Employee - utilization
Health insurance
Health Services Research - methods
Health Services Research - statistics & numerical data
Health Status
Health Status Indicators
Households
Humans
Insurance coverage
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Minority & ethnic groups
Native North Americans
Polls & surveys
Poverty - classification
Poverty - statistics & numerical data
Race
Statistical analysis
Statistics
Trends
United States - epidemiology
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Summary: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. Secondary data from the 1993-95 National Health Interview Surveys. Multiple-race responses, available on in-house files, were analyzed. Race-specific estimates of employer-sponsored health insurance were calculated using proposed allocation methods from the OMB. Estimates were calculated overall and for three population subgroups: children, those in households below poverty, and Hispanics. Although race distributions varied between the different methods, estimates of employer-sponsored health insurance were similar. Health insurance estimates for the American Indian/Alaska Native group varied the most. Employer-sponsored health insurance estimates for American Indian/Alaska Natives from data collected under the 1977 OMB directive will not be comparable with estimates from data collected under the 1997 standard. The selection of a method to distribute to the race categories used prior to the 1997 revision will likely have little impact on estimates of employer-sponsored health insurance for other groups. Additional research is needed to determine the effects of these methods for other health service measures.
ISSN:0017-9124
1475-6773