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- | ===== Ethnicity Domain ===== | + | ===== Ethnicity Domain and Vocabulary ===== |
The Ethnicity and Race Domains are both determining the ethnic and racial background of a person. It follows the recommendation of the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the US Administration (the White House). This classification provides a minimum standard for maintaining, collecting, and presenting data on race and ethnicity for all Federal reporting purposes. | The Ethnicity and Race Domains are both determining the ethnic and racial background of a person. It follows the recommendation of the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the US Administration (the White House). This classification provides a minimum standard for maintaining, collecting, and presenting data on race and ethnicity for all Federal reporting purposes. | ||
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This is a very US-centric solution, and hence the terminology might be confusing to non-US data owners. If belong to the latter group, you can probably ignore this field entirely. | This is a very US-centric solution, and hence the terminology might be confusing to non-US data owners. If belong to the latter group, you can probably ignore this field entirely. | ||
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+ | There are no relationships defined for Ethnicity. |