Race and Ethnicity

Key Points:

• Parents can make the determination for young children
• Designating race continues to be required to checkout a case; the Ethnicity field is an optional field.
• Race and Ethnicity is documented in two fields. When making a selection, consider the definitions that follow.

Race: The primary taxonomic category with which an individual identifies as a member, or with which a parent identifies her/his child as a member.

Ethnicity: - Select one of these categories: Mexican - Puerto Rican - Cuban - Central American- South American- Other Spanish Origin- Unable to Determine. Select 'Unable to Determine' in the instance of a very young or severely disabled child without anyone available to disclose whether or not the child is Hispanic.

Steps:

1. Select person from the Detail Master Case window by either double clicking on the person or highlighting and selecting the Person Icon.
2. From the Person Detail window, select the Demographics push button
3. Select the Ethnicity from the drop down list
4. Highlight the appropriate race(s) from the list at the bottom
5. Select the OK push button

(11-2005)