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EA:  US_ETHNICITY

Status: SUBM 2008/03/30
Concept definition: Social groups in the US that rely upon a shared identity, whether this is perceived or real, based on common cultural, religious, or traditional factors, including language, folkways, religious and other institutional forms, material culture such as clothing and food, and cultural products such as music, literature, and art; US ethnicity.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [EDU]
Supplemental references: [ET3]
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
SUBM
2008/03/30		 US_ETHNICITY AFRICAN_AMERICAN <HUMAN>s of African descent.   IR [ET2]  
SUBM
2008/03/30		 US_ETHNICITY ASIAN <HUMAN>s of Asian descent.    
SUBM
2008/03/30		 US_ETHNICITY CAUCASIAN <HUMAN>s of European descent.    
SUBM
2008/03/30		 US_ETHNICITY HISPANIC <HUMAN>s of Latin and South American descent.   IR [ET2]  
SUBM
2008/03/30		 US_ETHNICITY MIDDLE_EASTERN <HUMAN>s of Middle Eastern descent.    
SUBM
2008/03/30		 US_ETHNICITY NATIVE_AMERICAN <HUMAN>sof Native American descent who attach themselves to a tribe, nation, or band.   IR [ET2]  
SUBM
2008/03/30		 US_ETHNICITY PACIFIC_ISLANDER <HUMAN>s who are from or whose families originated in the <ISLAND>s of Polynesia and Micronesia.   IR [ET2]  
Group membership:

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  • white - the entry is in the standard
  • yellow - the entry has been added to the register
  • pink - the entry has been submitted for inclusion in the register, but it is not approved
  • cyan - a deprecated entry that was originally either in the standard or was added to the register, but has since been deprecated

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  • F n - has Figures and, if more than one figure, n figures
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