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Coverage dated May 4, 2023

With new question about race, Census may retire its question about ancestry

Headline from Anchorage Daily News

Preliminary research shows that respondents are more likely to answer the race question than the ancestry query.

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  1. MyNorthwest

    With detailed race question, Census may end ancestry ask (opens MyNorthwest)

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    Is ancestry history? The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person's ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying

  2. Anchorage Daily News

    With new question about race, Census may retire its question about ancestry (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Preliminary research shows that respondents are more likely to answer the race question than the ancestry query.

  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    With detailed race question, census may end ancestry query (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Is ancestry history? The U.S. Census Bureau is contemplating getting rid of a question about a person's ancestry on its most comprehensive survey, saying it may duplicate a newly-revised race question that allows respondents to write from where they or their antecedents came.

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