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Table 11.1. |
Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, by selected bullying problems and selected student or school characteristics: 2009 |
| Student or school characteristic | Total bullied at school or cyber-bullied anywhere | Bullied at school | Of students who were pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on, percentage reporting injury1 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Made fun of, called names, or insulted | Subject of rumors | Threatened with harm | Tried to make do things did not want to do | Excluded from activities on purpose | Property destroyed on purpose | Pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on | |||||||||||||
| Total | 29.0 | 28.0 | 18.8 | 16.5 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 21.6 | ||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 27.8 | 26.6 | 18.4 | 12.8 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 21.1 | ||||||||||
| Female | 30.2 | 29.5 | 19.2 | 20.3 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 7.9 | 22.2 | ||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 30.3 | 29.3 | 20.5 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 9.1 | 23.1 | ||||||||||
| Black | 30.3 | 29.1 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 7.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 9.9 | 17.4 | ! | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 26.5 | 25.5 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 5.8 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 18.8 | ||||||||||
| Asian | 17.8 | 17.3 | 9.6 | 8.1 | ‡ | ‡ | 3.4 | ! | ‡ | 5.5 | ! | ‡ | ||||||||
| Other | 26.7 | 26.7 | 17.4 | 12.9 | 9.7 | ! | 4.5 | ! | 4.5 | ! | 3.8 | ! | 7.1 | ! | ‡ | |||||
| Grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 39.4 | 39.4 | 30.6 | 21.4 | 9.3 | 4.2 | ! | 6.6 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 29.0 | |||||||||
| 7th | 33.2 | 33.1 | 23.6 | 17.3 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 13.1 | 19.8 | ||||||||||
| 8th | 32.3 | 31.7 | 22.8 | 18.1 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 12.8 | 21.5 | ||||||||||
| 9th | 28.9 | 28.0 | 19.2 | 16.6 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 9.7 | 21.4 | ||||||||||
| 10th | 28.2 | 26.6 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 21.6 | ||||||||||
| 11th | 22.6 | 21.1 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.5 | ! | 4.4 | ‡ | |||||||||
| 12th | 22.2 | 20.4 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | ! | 2.6 | 1.3 | ! | 3.0 | ‡ | ||||||||
| Urbanicity3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 28.8 | 27.4 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 19.6 | ||||||||||
| Suburban | 28.6 | 27.5 | 19.3 | 15.5 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 22.5 | ||||||||||
| Rural | 30.8 | 30.7 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 9.5 | 21.6 | ||||||||||
| Sector | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Public | 29.8 | 28.8 | 19.3 | 16.9 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 21.6 | ||||||||||
| Private | 20.1 | 18.9 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 4.4 | 1.9 | ! | 4.9 | 1.8 | ! | 4.5 | ‡ | ||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Injury includes bruises or swelling; cuts, scratches, or scrapes; black eye or bloody nose; teeth chipped or knocked out; broken bones or internal injuries; knocked unconscious; or other injuries. Only students who reported that their bullying incident constituted being pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on were asked if they suffered injuries as a result of the incident. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, and two or more races. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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, or going to and from school. Bullying types do not sum to total because students could have experienced more than one type of bullying. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2009. |
