Federal Data Collection: Agencies' Use of Consistent Race and Ethnic Definitions.

Abstract

This report concerns federal agencies' definitions of race and ethnicity as applied to data collection and, if noted, determine causes for inconsistent reporting of such data. It concerns the comparability of data that agencies collect because it was found that the Justice Department did not use common definitions of race and ethnicity in their reporting of the population at various stages of the criminal justice system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA315533

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Civil Rights
  • Congress
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Minority Groups
  • National Governments
  • Native Americans
  • North America
  • Statistical Data
  • Statistics
  • United States

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