Table 1.

Racial Distribution in 1993–1995 Los Angeles Twin Birth Cohort¹

	Total sample				Identified in voter records
	Mothers		Fathers		Mothers		Fathers
Race	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
American Indian	6	.1	14	.2	0	0	4	.3
Asian	448	7.4	393	6.5	124	7.8	108	6.8
Black	850	14.1	862	14.3	267	16.8	269	16.9
Hispanic	2868	47.5	2748	45.5	566	35.6	540	34.0
White (non-Hispanic)	1852	30.7	1820	30.1	627	39.5	625	39.3
Other	5	.1	6	.1	1	.1	2	.1
Unknown	10	.2	196	3.2	4	.3	41	2.6
Total	N =6039				N = 1589

Note:

¹Only pairs with two live-births are included here.