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Table 10.1. |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being targets of hate-related words and seeing hate-related graffiti at school, by selected student or school characteristics: Various years, 1999–2009 |
| Student or school characteristic | Hate-related words | Hate-related graffiti | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 20071 | 20091 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 20071 | 20091 | |||
| Total | — | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 36.3 | 35.5 | 36.3 | 38.4 | 34.9 | 29.2 | ||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Male | — | 12.8 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 33.8 | 34.9 | 35.0 | 37.7 | 34.4 | 29.0 | ||
| Female | — | 11.7 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 38.9 | 36.1 | 37.6 | 39.1 | 35.4 | 29.3 | ||
| Race/ethnicity2 | ||||||||||||||
| White | — | 12.1 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 36.4 | 36.2 | 35.2 | 38.5 | 35.5 | 28.3 | ||
| Black | — | 13.9 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 37.6 | 33.6 | 38.1 | 38.0 | 33.7 | 29.0 | ||
| Hispanic | — | 11.0 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 35.6 | 35.1 | 40.3 | 38.0 | 34.8 | 32.2 | ||
| Asian | — | — | — | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.7 | — | — | — | 34.5 | 28.2 | 31.2 | ||
| Other | — | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 32.2 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 46.9 | 38.7 | 25.8 | ||
| Grade | ||||||||||||||
| 6th | — | 12.1 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 8.3 | 30.3 | 34.9 | 35.7 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 28.1 | ||
| 7th | — | 14.1 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 34.9 | 34.9 | 37.2 | 37.0 | 32.3 | 27.9 | ||
| 8th | — | 13.0 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 35.6 | 36.7 | 34.2 | 35.7 | 33.5 | 30.8 | ||
| 9th | — | 12.1 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 39.2 | 35.7 | 37.0 | 41.6 | 34.5 | 28.1 | ||
| 10th | — | 13.1 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 38.9 | 36.2 | 40.7 | 40.7 | 36.4 | 31.0 | ||
| 11th | — | 12.7 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 37.0 | 36.1 | 36.6 | 40.2 | 35.3 | 27.4 | ||
| 12th | — | 7.9 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 35.6 | 33.0 | 32.2 | 37.8 | 37.7 | 30.4 | ||
| Urbanicity3 | ||||||||||||||
| Urban | — | 11.9 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 37.0 | 35.7 | 38.6 | 40.9 | 34.4 | 31.1 | ||
| Suburban | — | 12.4 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 37.3 | 36.0 | 35.9 | 38.0 | 34.2 | 28.6 | ||
| Rural | — | 12.4 | 12.2 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 32.7 | 33.8 | 33.9 | 35.8 | 37.8 | 27.7 | ||
| Sector | ||||||||||||||
| Public | — | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 38.0 | 37.3 | 37.9 | 40.0 | 36.4 | 30.7 | ||
| Private | — | 8.2 | 9.7 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 20.7 | 16.8 | 19.5 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 11.8 | ||
| — Not available. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 In 2007 and 2009, the reference period was the school year, whereas in prior survey years the reference period was the previous 6 months. Cognitive testing showed that estimates from 2007 and 2009 are comparable to previous years. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian (prior to 2005), Pacific Islander, and, from 2003 onward, two or more races. Due to changes in racial/ethnic categories, comparisons of race/ethnicity across years should be made with caution. | ||||||||||||||
| 3 Refers to the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent’s household as defined in 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Categories include "central city of an MSA (Urban)," "in MSA but not in central city (Suburban)," and "not MSA (Rural)." | ||||||||||||||
| NOTE: "At school" includes the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and, from 2001 onward, going to and from school. "Haterelated" refers to derogatory terms used by others in refers to derogatory terms used by others in reference to students’ personal characteristics. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. |
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, various years, 1999–2009. |
