RACE_ETHNICITY_SURVEY_FLAT Table - Data Element Index
Select a data element to view its definition and its indexed, format, and
null values.
Data element |
Definition |
AFR_AMER
Indexed - no
Format - integer
May be null? Yes
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Indicates the primary race category of “Black or African American (including Africa and Caribbean)” and denotes an individual having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no. |
AFR_AMER_AFRICA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes |
Indicates the subcategory of “Africa” found within the race category of “Black or African American (including Africa and Caribbean)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no. |
AFR_AMER_CARIBBEAN
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Indicates the subcategory of “Caribbean” found within the race category of “Black or African American (including Africa and Caribbean)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no. |
AFR_AMER_OTHER
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2 (100 char)
May be null? Yes
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Indicates the subcategory of “Other” found within the race category of “Black or African American (including Africa and Caribbean)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AFR_AMER_US
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “U.S. / African American” found within the race category of “Black or African American (including Africa and Caribbean)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AMER_IND
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Indicates the primary race category of “American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas)” and denotes an individual having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AMER_IND_ALASKA_NATIVE
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Alaska Native” found within the race category of “American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AMER_IND_CHEROKEE
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Cherokee” found within the race category of “American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AMER_IND_CHIPPEWA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Chippewa” found within the race category of “American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AMER_IND_CHOCTAW
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Choctaw” found within the race category of “American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AMER_IND_NAVAJO
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Navajo” found within the race category of “American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AMER_IND_OTHER
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2 (100 char)
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Other” found within the race category of “American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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AMER_IND_SIOUX
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Sioux” found within the race category of “American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Indicates the primary race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)” and denotes an individual having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_CHINA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “China” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_INDIA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “India” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_JAPAN
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Japan” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_KOREA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Korea” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_OTHER_EAST
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2(100 char)
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Other East Asia” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_OTHER_INDIAN
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2(100 char)
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Other Indian Subcontinent” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_PAKISTAN
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Pakistan” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_PHILIPPINES
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Philippines” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_SOUTHEAST
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2(100 char)
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Other Southeast Asia” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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ASIAN_VIETNAM
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Vietnam” found within the race category of “Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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CURRENT_RECORD
Indexed - yes
Format – varchar2( 1byte)
May be null? Yes
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Denotes whether the record is the current ethnicity/race survey of an individual or a historical survey with “T” for true and “F” for false.
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EMPLOYEE_MAPPED_VALUE
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2( 1byte)
May be null? Yes
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For employees, denotes the single mapped value that is derived from the Penn People ethnicity/race categories and fed to the Employee_Ethnicity.Ethnicity table in the DWADMIN schema.
Values:
A - Native American / Alaskan Native
B - Black / African American
C - White / Caucasian
P - Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
R - Asian
S - Hispanic / Latino
Z - Multiple ethnicity/race (this does not represent the methodology used for Federal reporting purposes)
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EMPLOYEE_ORG
Indexed - yes
Format – varchar2( 1byte)
May be null? Yes
| Denotes the employee’s home ORG as it existed in the Employee_General.Home_Dept_Org table in the DWADMIN schema at the time the record was loaded to the Warehouse.
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ENTERED_ON
Indexed - yes
Format – date
May be null? Yes
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Denotes the date an individual’s ethnicity/race survey was entered into the Penn People application.
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HISP_LAT
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Indicates a response of yes to the primary ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)” and denotes an individual of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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HISP_LAT_CENTRAL_AMERICA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Central America” found within the ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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HISP_LAT_CUBA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Cuba” found within the ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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HISP_LAT_MEXICO
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Represents the subcategory of “Mexico” found within the ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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HISP_LAT_NA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Indicates (with a value of "1") that the individual did not respond at all (neither yes nor no) to the primary ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)”. |
HISP_LAT_NO
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Indicates a response of no to the primary ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)” which denotes an individual of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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HISP_LAT_OTHER
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2( 100 char)
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Other” found within the ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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HISP_LAT_PUERTO_RICO
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Puerto Rico” found within the ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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HISP_LAT_SOUTH_AMERICA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “South America (excluding Brazil)” found within the ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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HISP_LAT_SPAIN
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Spain” found within the ethnicity category of “Hispanic or Latino (including Spain)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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PAC_ISL
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
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Indicates the primary race category of “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Original Peoples)” and denotes an individual having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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PAC_ISL_GUAM
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Guam” found within the race category of “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Original Peoples)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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PAC_ISL_HAWAII
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Hawaii” found within the race category of “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Original Peoples)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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PAC_ISL_OTHER
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2( 100 char)
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Other Pacific Islands (excluding Philippines)” found within the race category of “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Original Peoples)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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PAC_ISL_SAMOA
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Samoa” found within the race category of “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Original Peoples)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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PENN_ID
Indexed - yes
Format – char (8 byte)
May be null? Yes
| Denotes the 8-digit identification number assigned to an individual by the Penn Community system. For example: 77777777. No two persons have the same Penn ID. Note that Penn IDs created in and assigned by Penn Community begin at 10000000.
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SRS_MAPPED_VALUE
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2( 1byte)
May be null? Yes
| Denotes the single mapped value that is derived from the Penn People ethnicity/race categories and fed to SRS and subsequently to the Person_All_V.SRS_Ethnicity table in DWADMIN.
Values:
A - American Indian / Alaskan Native
B - Black, Non-Hispanic
C - White, Non-Hispanic
P - Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander
R – Asian or Pacific Islander
S - Hispanic
Z - Multiple ethnicity/race (this does not represent the methodology used for Federal reporting purposes)
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STUDENT_FLAG
Indexed - yes
Format – char (1 char)
May be null? Yes
| Denotes an individual who can be found in the Person_All_V table in DWADMIN and is represented by a “1” for yes and “0” for no.
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WHITE
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Indicates the primary race category of “White (including Middle Eastern)” and denotes an individual having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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WHITE_EUROPE
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Europe” found within the race category of “White (including Middle Eastern)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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WHITE_MIDDLE_EAST
Indexed - no
Format – integer
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Middle East” found within the race category of “White (including Middle Eastern)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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WHITE_OTHER
Indexed - no
Format – varchar2 (100 char)
May be null? Yes
| Represents the subcategory of “Other” found within the race category of “White (including Middle Eastern)”. This is represented with a “1” for yes or “0” for no.
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