In Related News, 22 Percent of Students Are Also Unaware of the Current Economic Climate

Nearly 8 percent of high school students own an iPhone. And 22 percent of those who don’t, hope to buy one in the next six months. This according to Piper Jaffray’s 16th bi-annual Teen MP3 Player and Online Music Survey (click on chart below), which found that Apple’s (AAPL) cachet among teen consumers is as solid as it ever was, economic collapse be damned. “Apple’s dominance in the consumer electronics and online music markets is going seemingly unchecked,” Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said in a note explaining the survey. “We believe that the teen demographic is a critical component of long-term growth in the digital music and mobile markets.”