Table 10.2. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being targets of hate-related words at school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: 2007

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2009

NCES 2010-012
December 2009

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Table 10.2.

Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being targets of hate-related words at school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: 2007

Student or school characteristic	Total¹	Hate-related words related to student's characteristics
Student or school characteristic	Total¹	Race	Ethnicity	Religion		Disability		Gender		Sexual orientation
Total	9.7	4.6	2.9	1.6		1.0		2.0		1.0

Sex
Male	9.9	5.3	3.6	1.5		1.1		1.0		1.0
Female	9.6	3.9	2.3	1.7		1.0		3.1		1.0

Race/ethnicity²
White	8.9	2.8	1.8	1.8		1.3		2.1		1.2
Black	11.4	7.1	2.3	1.2	!	0.9	!	2.9		1.1	!
Hispanic	10.6	6.2	6.7	1.1	!	0.5	!	1.3		0.6	!
Asian	11.1	11.1	6.9	‡		‡		‡		‡
Other	10.6	8.5	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡

Grade
6th	12.1	4.1	3.5	2.0	!	1.8	!	2.1	!	‡
7th	10.7	5.7	1.9	2.1		1.4		2.9		1.1	!
8th	11.0	4.6	3.4	2.3	!	1.0	!	1.8		1.2	!
9th	10.9	5.3	3.2	1.9		1.3		2.8		0.9	!
10th	9.0	4.2	3.1	1.3		1.0	!	2.4		1.0	!
11th	8.6	4.6	3.4	1.1	!	0.6	!	1.2	!	1.6	!
12th	6.0	3.0	2.2	‡		‡		1.0	!	0.7	!

Urbanicity
Urban	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
Suburban	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
Rural	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡

Sector
Public	10.1	4.8	3.1	1.6		1.1		2.2		1.1
Private	6.1	2.7	1.8	1.1	!	‡		‡		‡
! Interpret data with caution.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ In the School Crime Supplement (SCS) questionnaire, students were asked if they had been the target of hate-related words at school. Students who indicated that they had been called a hate-related word were asked to choose the specific characteristics that the hate-related word targeted. Students were allowed to choose more than one characteristic. If a student chose more than one characteristic, he or she is counted once under the "total" category. Therefore, the total percentage of students who reported being called a hate-related word is less than the sum of the students' individual characteristics.
² Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian (prior to 2005), Pacific Islander, and, from 2003 onward, more than one race. Due to changes in racial/ethnic categories, comparisons of race/ethnicity across years should be made with caution.
NOTE: "At school" includes the school building, on school property, on a school bus, or going to and from school. Hate-related refers to derogatory terms used by others in reference to students' personal characteristics. In 2007, the unit response rate for this survey did not meet NCES statistical standards; therefore, interpret the data with caution. Due to a redesign of the methods used to measure urbanicity, estimates for 2007 locales are not shown. For more information, please see appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2007.

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