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# Direct Education Demographics

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

![Screenshot: The Direct Education Demographics panel with its Age, Gender, Race and Ethnicity horizontal bar charts, each plotting the number of participants in each category against a Reach axis](https://2560412328-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Ff0820LrBGQ9ZA8SC4BR1%2Fuploads%2FuG9FQT3ZJK9O7sBkKOX6%2Fimpact-dashboard-panel-direct-education-demographics-v2.png?alt=media)

#### Location

This panel appears on the following dashboards:

* [SNAP-Ed Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/snap-ed-dashboard.md)
* [Highlights 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** — For program activities in reporting periods before 2027: American Indian/AK Native, Asian, Black, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, White, Two or More Races, Prefer Not To Respond, Unknown. For program activities in 2027 and later reporting periods, which collect race and ethnicity as one question: American Indian/AK Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic or Latino, Middle Eastern/North African, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, White, Two or More Races/Ethnicities, Prefer Not To Respond, Unknown. When the matching activities span both, the chart shows both sets of bars, labeled **(Through 2026)** and **(2027+)**.
   * **Ethnicity** — Hispanic, Non-Hispanic, Prefer Not To Respond, Unknown. Only program activities in reporting periods before 2027 contribute; when 2027 and later activities are also included, its bars are labeled **(Through 2026)**.
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.
* The Race chart counts category selections rather than participants: a participant who reported more than one race or ethnicity is counted once under each category they selected, so its hover text reads **Selections**.
* 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 it represents.