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Ancestry

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000077

Refers to a person's self-identification of the ethnic origin, descent, roots, heritage, or place of birth of the person or of the person's ancestors. Selected ancestry groups include Arab, Brazilian, Canadian, Czech, Ethiopian, Haitian, Irish, Jamaican, Italian, Nigerian, Russian, etc.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000077
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoNationality; Place of birth
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000077",
  "term": "Ancestry",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Refers to a person's self-identification of the ethnic origin, descent, roots, heritage, or place of birth of the person or of the person's ancestors. Selected ancestry groups include Arab, Brazilian, Canadian, Czech, Ethiopian, Haitian, Irish, Jamaican, Italian, Nigerian, Russian, etc.",
  "see_also": [
    "Nationality",
    "Place of birth"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/ancestry/"
}

Record 76 of 2,141 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.