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. 2021 Jun 7;57(1):127–137. doi: 10.1007/s00127-021-02122-9

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of Dane County Youth Assessment respondents

2012 2015 2018
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