Table 2.

Racial/Ethnic Classification Terms from the NIH Inclusion Enrollment Report and Types of Classification they Appear to Represent^*

Classification Term	Type of Classification
Hispanic or Latino	Language
American Indian/Alaska Native	Ancestral Group/Ancestral Group and Geographic Origin
Asian	Continental Origin
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	Ancestral Group or Geographic Origin
Black or African American	Skin Color or Continental Ancestral Origin & Geographic Region
White	Skin Color

^*Terms are from NIH’s Inclusion Enrollment Report Form: PHS 416-1/416-9 (Rev. 10/05). The labels used for “Types of Classification” are meant to be descriptive, and are based on a consensus amongst our project team, in consultation with the Random House Unabridged English Dictionary, 2006.