“…Studies that disaggregate the Asian American and Pacific Islander population have found racial/ethnic disparities similar to our study. A national study of the YRBS from 1999 to 2009 found that Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander youth are more likely to carry weapons, feel unsafe, and engage in fighting than youth of other ethnicities (Sugimoto-Matsuda, Hishinuma, & Chang, 2013). In Hawai‘i-based research, Mayeda, Chesney-Lind, and Koo (2001) found that Native Hawaiian and Samoan youth self-reported higher rates of overall risky behavior (e.g., violence, delinquency, property offense, and substance use) compared with youth of other ethnicities.…”