Table 1: Community Based Profile of Michigan Youth Sample
from "Variables Related to Risk Behaviors and Resiliency Among Youth"
by Dan Perkins, 1996

 
Sample Size
Percent of
Total Sample
Percentage of
State of Michigan

Total
16,375
100
100
(810,000)

Age
12
1,858
11.3
16.71
13
3,220
19.7
16.7
14
3,368
20.6
16.1
15
3,143
19.2
16.6
16
2,699
16.5
16.7
17
2,087
12.7
17.3

Gender
Male
7,626
46.6
51
Female
8,680
53.0
49

Race/Ethnicity
Asian or Pacific Islander
158
01.0
01.0
African American
3,895
23.8
17.0
European American
11,027
67.3
77.0
Hispanic or Latino
440
02.7
03.0
Native American
591
03.6
01.0

Geographic Location
Rural
7,437
45.4
37.0
Suburban
2,072
12.7
08.0
Urban
6,866
41.9
54.0
1 Ages 12 and 13 are combined in the 1990 census. Thus, the percentage was 33.4 which split evenly between the ages

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