Table 230.60.

Among students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school or cyber-bullied anywhere during the school year, percentage reporting various frequencies of bullying and the notification of an adult at school, by selected student and school characteristics: 2013

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic	Among students who reported being bullied at school														Among students who reported being cyber-bullied anywhere1
	Frequency of bullying											Adult at school was notified2			Frequency of cyber-bullying												Adult at school was notified2
	Once or twice in the school year		Once or twice a month			Once or twice a week			Almost every day						Once or twice in the school year			Once or twice a month			Once or twice a week			Almost every day
1	2		3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11
Total	67.3	(1.53)	19.4		(1.32)	7.6		(0.78)	5.7		(0.71)	38.9		(1.45)	73.2		(2.72)	15.0		(2.08)	7.9		(1.46)	3.8		(1.05)	23.3		(2.55)
Sex
Male	68.0	(2.19)	19.2		(1.98)	7.4		(1.09)	5.5		(1.01)	38.5		(2.01)	75.2		(3.80)	9.3		(2.62)	8.1		(2.24)	7.4	!	(2.23)	10.5		(2.53)
Female	66.6	(2.13)	19.6		(1.89)	7.8		(1.11)	6.0		(0.94)	39.3		(2.20)	71.9		(3.40)	18.8		(2.90)	7.9		(1.82)	‡		(†)	31.6		(3.54)
Race/ethnicity3
White	64.6	(2.04)	20.6		(1.70)	9.1		(1.20)	5.7		(0.87)	40.5		(2.04)	76.9		(3.27)	15.2		(2.80)	4.6	!	(1.53)	3.3	!	(1.23)	24.4		(3.08)
Black	70.2	(3.93)	18.0		(3.40)	5.6	!	(2.07)	6.2	!	(2.13)	40.0		(3.44)	68.2		(7.99)	18.9	!	(6.71)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	24.5	!	(10.44)
Hispanic	73.8	(3.24)	17.9		(2.88)	4.4		(1.30)	4.0	!	(1.26)	37.5		(3.15)	73.5		(6.28)	8.9	!	(3.78)	12.5	!	(4.48)	‡		(†)	23.7		(4.92)
Asian	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other	66.9	(7.42)	15.2	!	(5.49)	‡		(†)	12.8	!	(5.30)	36.8		(6.34)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Grade
6th	62.4	(4.19)	22.7		(3.64)	6.5	!	(2.00)	8.4	!	(3.10)	58.3		(4.71)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
7th	63.8	(2.92)	17.3		(2.60)	11.4		(2.18)	7.5		(1.69)	52.3		(3.53)	65.5		(6.74)	24.9		(6.48)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	28.0		(5.87)
8th	64.0	(3.74)	19.1		(3.05)	7.9		(2.12)	9.1		(2.30)	38.1		(3.82)	70.5		(6.04)	17.1	!	(5.69)	8.6	!	(3.16)	‡		(†)	30.4		(6.05)
9th	67.4	(3.49)	24.7		(3.48)	3.7	!	(1.41)	4.2	!	(1.59)	35.2		(3.89)	79.6		(5.43)	7.7	!	(3.68)	9.2	!	(3.89)	‡		(†)	12.4	!	(4.90)
10th	65.6	(4.11)	21.5		(3.56)	7.8		(2.29)	5.0	!	(1.79)	34.6		(3.84)	73.8		(5.76)	16.7	!	(5.09)	6.7	!	(3.30)	‡		(†)	23.9		(5.47)
11th	75.8	(3.60)	12.9		(2.83)	8.2		(2.09)	3.2	!	(1.41)	25.8		(3.37)	71.4		(7.36)	14.2	!	(5.62)	12.3	!	(5.36)	‡		(†)	26.7		(6.87)
12th	75.2	(5.35)	17.4		(4.42)	6.1	!	(2.63)	‡		(†)	22.4		(4.32)	74.6		(7.15)	13.3	!	(5.46)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	21.0	!	(6.70)
Urbanicity4
Urban	71.8	(2.86)	14.9		(2.21)	7.0		(1.36)	6.3		(1.46)	36.6		(2.64)	68.4		(4.76)	15.1		(3.76)	11.9		(3.17)	4.6	!	(1.99)	21.7		(4.81)
Suburban	67.0	(1.94)	20.6		(1.64)	7.1		(1.09)	5.2		(0.85)	40.7		(2.01)	77.9		(3.29)	13.2		(2.67)	5.0	!	(1.59)	3.9	!	(1.48)	24.1		(3.25)
Rural	59.7	(4.96)	23.4		(3.83)	10.2		(2.51)	6.6		(1.66)	36.9		(4.03)	65.2		(8.87)	22.2		(5.79)	10.8	!	(4.91)	‡		(†)	24.1		(5.37)
Control of school
Public	67.2	(1.63)	19.7		(1.40)	7.4		(0.81)	5.7		(0.74)	38.9		(1.48)	72.0		(2.78)	16.1		(2.20)	7.8		(1.48)	4.1		(1.13)	22.5		(2.61)
Private	67.9	(5.01)	16.7		(3.74)	9.6	!	(2.96)	5.8	!	(2.09)	39.5		(5.50)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Total indicating adult at      school notified,2  by      frequency of bullying	36.9	(1.86)	38.3		(3.29)	55.0		(5.81)	50.0		(6.95)	†		(†)	20.2		(2.57)	21.6		(6.11)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	†		(†)
Males indicating adult notified	39.4	(2.55)	31.8		(4.54)	45.9		(9.12)	‡		(†)	†		(†)	8.6	!	(2.75)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	†		(†)
Females indicating adult notified	34.7	(2.64)	43.8		(4.83)	62.5		(7.39)	43.7		(8.65)	†		(†)	28.2		(4.02)	28.6		(7.67)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	†		(†)

†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 Students who reported being cyber-bullied are those who responded that another student had done one or more of the following: posted hurtful information about them on the Internet; purposely shared private information about them on the Internet; threatened or insulted them through instant messaging; threatened or insulted them through text messaging; threatened or insulted them through e-mail; threatened or insulted them while gaming; or excluded them online.

2 Teacher or other adult at school notified.

3 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. "Other" includes American Indians/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islanders, and persons of Two or more races.

4 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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2013. (This table was prepared September 2014.)