Gender ⭐

The US Census lists the following choices for sex: Male Female. Please choose the one that most closely fits your identity.

Of the 150 participants, 70% of the respondents (n = 105) are Female and 30% of the respondents (n = 45) are Male.

What was your sex assigned at birth?

Most respondents, or 70.7%, (n = 106) reported that they were Female at birth and 29.3% of the respondents (n = 44) were Male at birth.

What is your gender identity?

Most respondents, or 69.3 % of the respondents, identify as a Woman (n = 104), 28.7% identify as a Man (n = 43), and lastly 1.3% (n = 2) identify as Gender Queer or Gender-Nonconforming.

Race / Ethnicity ⭐

How do you identify your race?

A majority of the respondents did not list their race (48.2% n = 68). 22.0% (n = 31) of the respondents identified as white, followed by 9.9% (n = 14) of the respondents identified as Black or African American. 9.9% (n = 14) of the respondents identified as Mixed race, and 7.8% (n = 11) identified as Asian. Lastly, 1.4% (n = 2) identified as American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.7% (n = 1) identified as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.

How do you identify your ethnicity?

Most respondents, or 74.7% (n = 109), identified as Hispanic or Latino and 25.3% (n = 37) identified as Non-Hispanic or Latino.

Marital Status

What is your marital status?

A large proportion (88.5% n = 131) of the respondents reported that they are single and have never been married. 6.1% (n = 9) reporter they are married, 4.0% (n = 6) reported they are living with a partner, 0.7% (n = 1) reported they are separated, and lastly 0.7% (n = 1) reported they are widowed.

Citizenship

Are you a US citizen?

Most respondents, or 92.6% (n = 137), reported that they are U.S. citizens and 7.4% (n = 11) reported they are not citizens.

If not a U.S. citizen, are you a lawful permanent resident (i.e. have a “green card”)?

Out of the participants that were not a U.S. citizen, 54.5% (n = 6) report they are not a permanent resident and 45.5% (n = 5) report they are a permanent resident.

Dependents

How many dependents receive more than 50% of their financial support from you?

Most participants, or 88.0% (n = 132), reported that they have 0 dependents who receive more than 50% of their financial support from them. 6.0% (n = 9) report that they have 1 dependent and 6.0% (n = 9) report that they have 2 or more dependents.

What is/are the age(s) of your dependent(s)?

About 5% (n = 8) of the total number of respondents say they have dependents that are between 6-12 years old, 5% (n = 7) say they have dependents that are between 19-60 years old, and only 1 person says they have dependents that are over 61 years old.

First Generation Student

Are you a first generation student?

The vast majority of respondents (94.7% n = 142) are first generation college students with only 8 (5.3%) not being first generation* students.

*First Generation: a student whose parent(s)/legal guardian(s) have not completed a bachelor’s degree.

Student Demographics

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Funding

Partially funded by USDA SNAP, known in California as CalFresh, an equal opportunity provider and employer, and the California Department of Social Services. Any use of these results in further work must use the following citation:
Center for Healthy Communities, "Basic Needs Survey", June 2020. Retrieved on xx-xxx-xxxx from https://chicocalfresh.github.io/bns-website/index.html
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