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Racial Distribution of Veterans Before and After Allocation of Multiracial Individuals by Using 4 Bridging Techniques |
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| Number (%) Before "Bridging"a |
Number (%) After "Bridging" Using 4 Techniques |
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| Smallest Groupb |
Largest Group Other Than Whitec |
Largest Groupd |
Fractional Assignment – Equal Fractionse |
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| White |
1,431,498 (80.53) |
1,431,498 (79.94) |
1,431,498 (79.94) |
1,442,992 (80.58) |
1,437,203 (80.25) |
| AA |
310,288 (17.45) |
314,006 (17.53) |
315,453 (17.62) |
311,547 (17.40) |
312,838 (17.47) |
| AIAN* |
7,173 (0.40) |
11,093 (0.62) |
10,440 (0.58) |
7,173 (0.40) |
9,100 (0.51) |
| API* |
28,707 (1.61) |
34,204 (1.91) |
33,410 (1.87) |
29,089 (1.62) |
31,661 (1.77) |
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| Total |
1,777,666 (100.00) |
1,790,801 (100.00) |
1,790,801 (100.00) |
1,790,801 (100.00) |
1,790,801 (100.00) |
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* AA indicates African American; AIAN, American Indian or Alaska Native; API, Asian or Pacific Islander. a Veterans with multiracial values and Hispanic ethnicity excluded. b Assigns multiracial values to the smallest group. c Assigns multiracial values to the largest group other than White. d Assigns multiracial values to the largest group. e Assigns equal weights to each racial group identified. Does not add up to total due to rounding errors. | |||||
Sohn et al. Population Health Metrics 2006 4:7 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-4-7 |
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