Race/ethnicity (from MSIS)

SAS Name
EL_RACE_ETHNCY_CD

CODE INDICATING THE RACE/ETHNICITY OF THE MEDICAID ELIGIBLE.

Comments

USER NOTE: SINCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR CODE VALUES = 7 AND 8 WERE NOT ISSUED UNTIL MAY 2000, THESE CODE VALUES MAY NOT APPEAR. THE METHODS OF COLLECTING INFORMATION ON RACE AND ETHNICITY DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS STATES AND TIME PERIODS.

SOURCE: MSIS ELIGIBILITY FILES: 'RACE-ETHNICITY-CODE'.

Code Code value
1 WHITE, NOT OF HISPANIC ORIGIN (CHANGED TO "WHITE" BEGINNING 10/98)
2 BLACK, NOT OF HISPANIC ORIGIN (CHANGED TO "BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN" BEGINNING 10/98)
3 AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE
4 ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (CHANGED TO "ASIAN" BEGINNING 10/98)
5 HISPANIC (CHANGED TO "HISPANIC OR LATINO - NO RACE INFORMATION AVAILABLE" BEGINNING 10/98)
6 NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER (NEW CODE BEGINNING 10/98)
7 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND ONE OR MORE RACES (NEW CODE BEGINNING 10/98)
8 MORE THAN ONE RACE (HISPANIC OR LATINO NOT INDICATED) (NEW CODE BEGINNING 10/98)
9 UNKNOWN