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4-H State Fair
Ribbon Awards
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Analyses of ribbon awards by gender show that males
receive a disproportionately high number of red ribbons (a low rank
of ribbon) compared with females. Other ribbon categories were
found to have no statistical difference between male and female awards.*
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Female
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Male
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Total
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Blue
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1635
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59%
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1143
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41%
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2778
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Purple
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687
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60%
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465
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40%
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1152
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Red
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600
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55%
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491
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45%
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1091
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White
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15
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68%
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7
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32%
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22
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Other
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1704
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62%
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1035
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38%
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2739
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Total
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4641
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60%
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3141
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40%
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7782
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* Data source from 2001 Fairplus database
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