TABLE 1.
Demographic characteristics of youths and young adults who experienced an involuntary hold
| Full sample (N = 40) |
Police involvement (N = 28) |
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| Category | N | % | N | % |
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| Gender | ||||
| Female | 28 | 70 | 20 | 71 |
| Gender fluid or nonbinary | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Race-ethnicity | ||||
| White | 18 | 45 | 11 | 39 |
| Black | 4 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
| Asian American | 5 | 13 | 2 | 7 |
| Latinx | 12 | 30 | 11 | 39 |
| Multiracial | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Neither parent completed college | 11 | 28 | 11 | 39 |
| Mean age at time of interview (years) | 19.4 | 21.3 | ||
| First involuntary hospitalization in secondary school | 20 | 50 | 16 | 57 |
| First involuntary hospitalization after high school | 20 | 50 | 12 | 43 |