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Sociodemographic Data Collection Training

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Ethnicity, Race & Cultural Background

The question:

At the hub, when youth are provided the sociodemographic questionnaire the question they receive related to their ethnicity, race, and cultural background is:

I would describe my ethnic or cultural background as (check all that apply):
     o Asian - East (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
     o Asian - South (e.g. Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan)
     o Asian - South East (e.g. Malaysian, Filipino, Vietnamese)
     o Black-African (e.g. Ghanaian, Kenyan, Somali)
     o Black-Caribbean (e.g., Barbadian, Jamaican)
     o Black-North American (e.g., Canadian, American)
     o First Nations
     o Indian-Caribbean (e.g., Guyanese with origins in India)
     o Inuit
     o Latin American (e.g., Argentina, Chilean, Salvadoran)
     o Métis
     o Middle Eastern (e.g., Egypt, Iranian, Lebanese)
     o White –European (e.g. English, Italian, Portuguese, Russian)
     o White –North American (e.g. Canadian, American)
     o I do not want to say
     o Other

Rationale for this question:

Important Considerations:

Responding to youth asking why they are being asked this question:

Having this information can help us plan for appropriate cultural programming, staffing, training, and service provision.

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