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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Manpow. 2009;30(1-2):26–42. doi: 10.1108/01437720910948375

Table 4.

Components of Ethnicity: Race, Hispanic Origin, and Skin Color, by Employment Visa Category, NIS-2003 Cohort

Characteristic Employment Visa Principals All Immigrants
EB-1 EB-2 EB-3
A. Race and Hispanic Origin
White 63.2 14.8 29.3 48.1
    White, Hispanic 6.92 --- 10.1 28.5
    White, not Hispanic 56.3 12.8 19.1 19.5
Black --- --- --- 11.2
American Indian --- --- --- 2.51
Asian 30.2 80.7 61.5 28.6
    Asian, not Hispanic 29.0 80.7 59.9 28.2
Pacific --- --- --- 0.77
Two or more races --- --- --- 1.15
No information on race --- --- 4.13 7.60
    No information on race, Hispanic --- --- 2.05 5.63

B. Hispanic Origin
Hispanic origin 9.17 --- 15.2 38.1
Not Hispanic origin 89.8 97.2 84.2 61.3
No information on Hispanic origin --- --- --- .56

C. Skin Color
Assessed by interviewer (11-point scale) 2.56 3.80 3.56 4.18

Note: Cells with fewer than 14 observations left blank.