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Appendix A Methods
Appendix A Methods
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A detailed discussion of the analysis methodology and results is provided in Passel (2004) .2 FOCUS GROUPS To explore views on Hispanic identity among Hispanics living in different parts of the United States and of varying generational status, the National Academies, in conjunction with the Pew Hispanic Center, commissioned International Communications Research to conduct focus group interviews with adult Hispanics.
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The focus group participants were randomly selected from Hispanic households in the five cities using community-based recruiting. To enhance the size of the sample frame as well as the representativeness of the focus group participants, the sampling combined several standard recruitment approaches, including intercepts; referrals; recruiter databases; and responses to ads posted in community centers, churches, and shopping areas frequented by the Hispanic population in each city.
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Since 1994, however, the annual CPS has included items on maternal and paternal country of birth, permitting intergenerational analysis. Authors of several chapters of Hispanics and the Future of America, the companion to this report, used a common file of the March CPS for the years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, including specially constructed variables for Hispanic ethnicities (defined by subjective selfidentification and country of birth)
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2 Passel, 2004. 3 For more information, refer to International Communications Research, 2004.
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