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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Consumer Expenditure Survey > Methods

Section 1 - Household Characteristics

HISPANIC ORIGIN

1 - Mexican

2 - Mexican-American

3 - Chicano

4 - Puerto Rican

5 - Cuban

RACE

(Please choose one or more)

1 - White

2 - Black or African American

3 - American Indian or Alaska native

4 - Asian

5 - Native Hawaiian

6 - Guamanian or Chamorro

7 - Samoan

8 - Other Pacific Islander

ASIAN ORIGIN

1 - Chinese

2 - Filipino

3 - Japanese

4 - Korean

5 - Vietnamese

6 - Asian Indian

EDUCATION

1 - No schooling completed or less than 1 year

2 - Nursery, kindergarten, and elementary (grades 1-8)

3 - High school (grades 9-12, no degree)

4 - High school graduate-high school diploma or the equivalent (GED)

5 - Some college but no degree

6 - Associate degree in college

7 - Bachelor’s degree (BA, AB, BS, etc.)

8 - Master’s professional, or doctorate degree (MA, MS, MBA, MD, JD, PhD, etc.)

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Last Modified Date: January 2, 2013