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african_american (constant)

Syntax

african_american

Description

A constant that evaluates to 2. Can be helpful if representing racial demographics in a variable.

The numeric values of racial codes are as follows:

Racial Numeric Code Racial Text Code
0 unknown_race
1 white
2 african_american
3 american_indian
4 alaska_native
5 tribal
6 asian
7 hawaiian_native
8 other_race
9 multiple_race

Examples

Assuming race is a numeric variable following the convention described above, African American agents can be sent to the state Select with the following transition rule.

next_if(Select, race == african_american)

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