Data on Racial-Ethnic groups through the Minnesota Student Survey

1. Data on Racial-Ethnic groups through the Minnesota Student Survey March 3, 2011 Peter.rode@state.mn.us

2. How do you describe yourself? (If more than one describes you, mark all that apply) • American Indian • Black, African or African American • Mexican American or Chicano/Chicana • Puerto Rican or other Latin American • Asian American or Pacific Islander (including Cambodian, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese) • White • I don’t know

3. An unusual opportunity… • 10,505 checked Black/African/African American • 6,440 checked American Indian • 8,368 checked Asian American • 8,167 checked a Hispanic/Latino group • 102,049, checked White • (Quite a few teens checked more than one group)

4. 2010 statewide tables for racial-ethnic groups • Two sets of tables for each group • American Indian “Alone” –checked only American Indian • American Indian “Alone or in combination with other groups” –checked American Indian plus at least one other group • A set of tables for “Multiple Races” –all who checked two or more groups. • 2010 tables on web site: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/mss, click on statewide tables and scroll down

5. Special report • “The Health and Well-being of Adolescents of Color in Minnesota” (tentative title) • Mostly MSS data • Plus some birth and death data

6. Figure 18: Percent who drank one or more glasses of pop or soda yesterday (2007)

7. Figure 19: Percent of 9th graders who drank one or more glasses of pop or soda yesterday, by gender(2007)

8. Figure 23. Percent who feel nervous or anxious "all of the time" or "most of the time“ (2007)

9. Figure 24. Percent of 9th graders who feel nervous or anxious all or most of the time, by gender (2007)

10. Coming soon….. • “Adolescents of color” report available later this year, as soon as we can update the draft with 2010 data • Supplemental tables, without text, will be prepared for each racial-ethnic group