| Field identifier | ETHN |
| Field description | Ethnic group of the donor/CBU |
| Element type | ItemBaseType |
| Field type | ethnType |
| Required | No |
| Length | 4 |
| Comment | Value is one of the following abbreviations: AFNA = African: North Africa AFSS = African: Sub-Sahara Africa ASSW = Asian: Southwest Asia (Middle East, Turkey) ASSO = Asian: Southern Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal) ASCE = Asian: Central Asia (Eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) ASSE = Asian: Southeast Asia (China, Mongolia, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan) ASNE = Asian: North and Northeast Asia (Japan, North Korea, South Korea) ASOC = Asian: Oceania (Pacific Islands, excluding Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Sakhalin, Aleutian Islands) CAEU = Caucasian: Mainland Europe, Greenland, Iceland, Western Russia CAER = Caucasian: Eastern Russia CANA = Caucasian: North America (USA, Canada, Mexico) CAAU = Caucasian: Australia (Australia, New Zealand) HICA = Hispanic: Central America, Caribbean HISA = Hispanic: South America MX = Mixed / multiple OT = Other (e.g. Australian Aborigine) UK = Unknown |
| Dictionary field | Ethnicity (Ethnic group) |
| EMDIS fields related to dictionary field |
CB_ETHN D_ETHN P_ETHN |