Table 231.70.

Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported having access to a loaded gun, without adult permission, at school or away from school during the school year, by selected student and school characteristics: 2007, 2009, and 2011

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic	2007		2009			2011
1	2		3			4
Total	6.7	(0.40)	5.5	>	(0.47)	4.7		(0.43)
Sex
Male.	8.4	(0.56)	7.6		(0.72)	5.6		(0.59)
Female	5.0	(0.47)	3.4		(0.44)	3.6		(0.44)
Race/ethnicity1
White	7.7	(0.55)	6.4		(0.60)	5.3		(0.50)
Black	6.2	(0.98)	3.9		(0.92)	4.1		(0.86)
Hispanic	4.8	(0.79)	4.9		(0.90)	4.1		(0.89)
Asian	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other	9.3	(2.30)	5.4	!	(2.40)	‡		(†)
Grade
6th	2.4	(0.64)	0.8	!	(0.40)	2.0	!	(0.89)
7th	2.6	(0.56)	3.6		(0.84)	3.0		(0.63)
8th	3.2	(0.63)	3.2		(0.63)	2.9		(0.60)
9th	6.8	(0.98)	4.4		(0.80)	4.0		(0.75)
10th	9.2	(1.13)	7.3		(1.02)	5.3		(0.70)
11th	9.9	(1.00)	7.6		(1.16)	6.4		(1.06)
12th	12.3	(1.33)	9.8		(1.44)	8.2		(1.06)
Urbanicity2
Urban	5.8	(0.67)	4.7		(0.72)	4.1		(0.61)
Suburban	6.4	(0.59)	5.5		(0.57)	4.9		(0.55)
Rural	9.1	(1.04)	7.1		(1.39)	4.9		(0.92)
Control of school
Public	6.9	(0.44)	5.8		(0.49)	4.8		(0.42)
Private	4.5	(0.88)	2.3	!	(0.83)	3.2	!	(0.98)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

2 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)."

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2007, 2009, and 2011. (This table was prepared September 2013.)