Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of Dane County Youth Assessment respondents
2012 | 2015 | 2018 | ||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Grade | ||||||
9th | 3165 | 26.2 | 3507 | 29.4 | 3791 | 28.6 |
10th | 3077 | 25.6 | 3192 | 27.8 | 3593 | 27.1 |
11th | 2944 | 25.8 | 2918 | 23.6 | 3375 | 24.8 |
12th | 2625 | 22.4 | 2460 | 19.2 | 2713 | 19.5 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 5766 | 48.8 | 5994 | 49.0 | 6582 | 49.2 |
Female | 6045 | 51.2 | 6083 | 51.0 | 6890 | 50.8 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||
White | 8997 | 74.6 | 9520 | 71.0 | 10,002 | 68.9 |
Black | 631 | 6.2 | 550 | 8.1 | 593 | 7.5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 619 | 6.0 | 620 | 8.3 | 964 | 10.1 |
Hmong | 194 | 1.7 | 139 | 1.8 | 194 | 1.6 |
Asian | 331 | 2.9 | 385 | 3.5 | 561 | 3.9 |
Native | 69 | 0.6 | 69 | 0.5 | 87 | 0.5 |
Middle Eastern | 69 | 0.6 | 50 | 0.5 | 52 | 0.4 |
Multi-racial | 901 | 7.4 | 744 | 6.3 | 1019 | 7.1 |
Sexual orientation | ||||||
Heterosexual | 11,111 | 93.6 | 11,155 | 91.5 | 12,047 | 89.1 |
Gay or lesbian | 118 | 1.1 | 173 | 1.5 | 233 | 1.8 |
Bisexual | 364 | 3.4 | 495 | 4.7 | 831 | 6.4 |
Questioning | 218 | 1.9 | 254 | 2.3 | 361 | 2.7 |
Gender identity | ||||||
Cisgender | 11,675 | 98.8 | 11,986 | 99.3 | 13,381 | 99.3 |
Transgender | 136 | 1.2 | 91 | 0.7 | 91 | 0.7 |
Unweighted number of respondents and weighted percentage of respondents are reported
Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100