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Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting 2025

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The document outlines the standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting federal data on race and ethnicity, established to ensure uniformity and comparability across federal agencies. It defines five racial categories (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White) and two ethnic categories (Hispanic or Latino, Not Hispanic or Latino). The standards emphasize self-reporting methods for data collection and provide guidelines for statistical reporting, program administration, civil rights compliance, and data presentation. The provisions are effective immediately for new requirements and must be implemented by January 1, 2003.

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Begin by reviewing the categories and definitions section. Familiarize yourself with the minimum categories for data on race and ethnicity, which include American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White, Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino.
Fill out the form by selecting one or more racial designations as prompted. Ensure you follow the instructions provided for marking your selections accurately.
If using the two-question format, first indicate your ethnicity followed by your race. If using the combined format, select from the provided categories accordingly.
Review your entries for accuracy before submitting. Make sure that all required fields are completed based on the standards outlined in the document.

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What is a central issue in collecting race and ethnicity data?

Race and ethnicity do not have standard scientific definitions making these variables difficult to measure. Without a standard scientific definition, many question whether meaningful comparative research can be done when there is so much opportunity for misclassification.

What is the issues in race and society?

As the official resource of ABS, Issues in Race Society is a double-blind, peer-reviewed academic journal. The biannual journal distinguishes itself as an interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and global examination of the increasingly racial and racialized world that connects us all.

What are the 5 race classifications?

OMB requires five minimum categories: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

What is considered a challenge of the collection of race and ethnicity data?

However, incorporating race and ethnicity into health research is complex because these variables are difficult to define and individuals often identify with more than one race or ethnicity.

What were the problems associated with assessing race and nationality?

However, key problems identified include a) a failure from researchers to differentiate between the concepts of race and ethnicity; b) an inappropriate use of racial categories to ascribe ethnicity; c) a lack of transparency in the methods used to assess both concepts; and d) failure to address limits associated with

What is SPD15?

SPD 15 stands for Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. SPD 15 is referred to in different ways. Sometimes it is called the directive, sometimes SPD 15, and sometimes the 2024 standards or the standards.

Why is it important to collect data on race and ethnicity?

These data are also used to evaluate government programs and policies to ensure that they fairly and equitably serve the needs of all racial groups and to monitor compliance with antidiscrimination laws, regulations, and policies.

What is the OMB Standard 15?

15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD 15) in March 2024; this now replaces and supersedes OMBs earlier 1997 Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity.

Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting 2025

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