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# Direct Education Demographics

Displays demographic breakdowns of program activity participants by gender, age, race, and ethnicity.

#### Location

This panel appears on the following dashboards:

* [SNAP-Ed Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/snap-ed-dashboard.md)
* [Extension Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/extension-dashboard.md)
* [Unit Snapshot Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/unit-snapshot-dashboard.md)
* [User Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/user-dashboard.md)

#### Modules Included

* Program Activities (Demographics data)

#### Filters

**Applied Filters**

* **Viewable records** — Only Program Activities the current user has permission to view are included.

**Non-Applicable Filters**

* **Primary Curriculum** — Offered in the SNAP-Ed Dashboard filter bar, but not applied by this panel.
* **Session date range** — Offered in the Unit Snapshot Dashboard filter bar, but not applied by this panel.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**NOTE:** When one of these filters is set, the panel replaces its charts with the message "This chart cannot be filtered by the following filters," followed by the filter names.
{% endhint %}

#### Calculations

1. PEARS retrieves all viewable Program Activities that match the current dashboard filters.
2. Demographics data is pulled from the program demographics records associated with each matching program.
3. Four charts are generated, each summing the relevant demographic fields across all matching demographics records:
   * **Gender** — Male, Female, Non-Binary, Unknown, Prefer Not To Respond. Non-Binary is shown only when the matching activities include a reporting period of 2023 or later.
   * **Age** — Age group categories, which differ between SNAP-Ed and Extension reporting and changed for reporting periods of 2023 and later. For example, Extension activities show **60 to 75** and **76 Plus** for 2023 and later, and **60 Plus** for earlier reporting periods.
   * **Race** — American Indian/AK Native, Asian, Black, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, White, Two or More Races, Prefer Not To Respond, Unknown.
   * **Ethnicity** — Hispanic, Non-Hispanic, Prefer Not To Respond, Unknown.
4. Each chart is displayed as a horizontal bar chart, with the number of people in each category plotted against a **Reach** axis.

#### Additional Notes

* Each chart sums the values stored in the **Demographics** section of the matching program activities as they were entered; no category total is recalculated or redistributed.
* Categories with no participants still appear, with a value of zero. When every category in one chart is zero, that chart shows "There is not enough data to display this chart." while the other three charts still render.
* Hover over a bar to see the category and the number of people it represents.