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Table 230.70. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being afraid of attack or harm, by location and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1995 through 2015
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic 19951 19991 20011 20031 20051 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
At school                                                    
Total 11.8 (0.39) 7.3 (0.37) 6.4 (0.31) 6.1 (0.31) 6.4   (0.39) 5.3   (0.33) 4.2   (0.33) 3.7   (0.28) 3.5   (0.33) 3.3   (0.31)
Sex                                                    
Male 10.8 (0.51) 6.5 (0.44) 6.4 (0.38) 5.3 (0.34) 6.1   (0.56) 4.6   (0.42) 3.7   (0.38) 3.7   (0.41) 3.1   (0.38) 2.6   (0.34)
Female 12.8 (0.58) 8.2 (0.53) 6.4 (0.43) 6.9 (0.48) 6.7   (0.47) 6.0   (0.45) 4.8   (0.51) 3.8   (0.36) 4.0   (0.48) 4.1   (0.50)
                                                     
Race/ethnicity2                                                    
White 8.1 (0.36) 5.0 (0.32) 4.9 (0.35) 4.1 (0.35) 4.6   (0.39) 4.2   (0.37) 3.3   (0.35) 3.0   (0.31) 2.6   (0.33) 2.8   (0.34)
Black 20.3 (1.31) 13.5 (1.27) 8.9 (0.87) 10.7 (1.22) 9.2   (1.19) 8.6   (1.18) 7.0   (1.12) 4.9   (1.03) 4.6   (0.85) 3.4   (0.76)
Hispanic 20.9 (1.27) 11.7 (1.20) 10.6 (1.07) 9.5 (0.65) 10.3   (1.16) 7.1   (0.88) 4.9   (0.89) 4.8   (0.59) 4.9   (0.78) 4.8   (0.72)
Asian (†) (†) (†) (†) 6.2 ! (2.09) 2.3 ! (1.05) 5.9 ! (2.25) 4.2 ! (1.52) 3.1 ! (1.09) 2.7 ! (1.19)
Other 13.5 (1.58) 6.7 (1.09) 6.4 (1.11) 5.0 (1.31) 5.7   (1.63) 3.3 ! (1.09)   (†) 4.1 ! (1.31) 3.8 ! (1.44) 2.6 ! (1.18)
                                                     
Grade                                                    
6th 14.3 (1.13) 10.9 (1.37) 10.6 (1.26) 10.0 (1.35) 9.5   (1.14) 9.9   (1.33) 6.4   (1.20) 5.6   (1.08) 4.7   (1.01) 4.6   (1.11)
7th 15.3 (1.02) 9.5 (0.79) 9.2 (0.95) 8.2 (0.86) 9.1   (1.04) 6.7   (0.86) 6.2   (1.06) 4.5   (0.69) 4.3   (0.69) 4.2   (0.74)
8th 13.0 (0.84) 8.1 (0.74) 7.6 (0.69) 6.3 (0.68) 7.1   (0.95) 4.6   (0.71) 3.5   (0.75) 4.6   (0.71) 3.3   (0.78) 4.1   (0.73)
9th 11.6 (0.82) 7.1 (0.74) 5.5 (0.63) 6.3 (0.61) 5.9   (0.71) 5.5   (0.87) 4.6   (0.75) 4.2   (0.66) 3.4   (0.71) 3.9   (0.75)
10th 11.0 (0.82) 7.1 (0.77) 5.0 (0.71) 4.4 (0.67) 5.5   (0.89) 5.2   (0.87) 4.6   (0.79) 3.9   (0.63) 4.4   (0.75) 2.1   (0.56)
11th 8.9 (0.80) 4.8 (0.68) 4.8 (0.65) 4.7 (0.66) 4.6   (0.73) 3.1   (0.63) 3.3   (0.74) 1.8   (0.48) 2.6   (0.55) 2.6   (0.65)
12th 7.8 (0.94) 4.8 (0.88) 2.9 (0.55) 3.7 (0.53) 3.3   (0.69) 3.1   (0.65) 1.9 ! (0.57) 2.2   (0.57) 2.0   (0.56) 2.0 ! (0.61)
                                                     
Urbanicity3                                                    
Urban 18.4 (0.84) 11.6 (0.81) 9.7 (0.59) 9.5 (0.68) 10.5   (0.92) 7.1   (0.81) 6.9   (0.84) 5.2   (0.60) 4.5   (0.60) 4.0   (0.61)
Suburban 9.8 (0.49) 6.2 (0.42) 4.8 (0.33) 4.8 (0.30) 4.7   (0.41) 4.4   (0.41) 3.0   (0.33) 3.1   (0.39) 3.0   (0.38) 3.1   (0.39)
Rural 8.6 (0.80) 4.8 (0.70) 6.0 (0.97) 4.7 (0.93) 5.1   (0.97) 4.9   (0.59) 3.9   (0.63) 3.0   (0.63) 3.3   (0.62) 3.0   (0.62)
                                                     
Control of school                                                    
Public 12.2 (0.43) 7.7 (0.38) 6.6 (0.33) 6.4 (0.34) 6.6   (0.42) 5.5   (0.34) 4.4   (0.35) 3.9   (0.30) 3.5   (0.35) 3.5   (0.30)
Private 7.3 (1.01) 3.6 (0.81) 4.6 (0.92) 3.0 (0.73) 3.8   (0.82) 2.5 ! (0.89) 1.9 ! (0.74) 1.5 ! (0.64) 2.6 ! (0.83)   (†)
                                                     
Away from school                                                    
Total (†) 5.7 (0.32) 4.6 (0.28) 5.4 (0.29) 5.2   (0.33) 3.5   (0.29) 3.3   (0.32) 2.4   (0.23) 2.7   (0.35) 2.2   (0.29)
Sex                                                    
Male (†) 4.1 (0.34) 3.7 (0.31) 4.0 (0.30) 4.6   (0.42) 2.4   (0.31) 2.5   (0.34) 2.0   (0.27) 2.4   (0.40) 1.2   (0.25)
Female (†) 7.4 (0.49) 5.6 (0.42) 6.8 (0.48) 5.8   (0.48) 4.5   (0.40) 4.1   (0.51) 2.7   (0.30) 3.0   (0.44) 3.3   (0.48)
                                                     
Race/ethnicity2                                                    
White (†) 4.3 (0.32) 3.7 (0.29) 3.8 (0.31) 4.2   (0.40) 2.5   (0.28) 2.2   (0.28) 1.6   (0.24) 1.6   (0.30) 1.7   (0.30)
Black (†) 8.7 (1.00) 6.3 (0.87) 10.0 (1.13) 7.3   (0.96) 4.9   (0.73) 5.7   (1.10) 3.5   (0.86) 3.6   (0.78) 2.7 ! (0.82)
Hispanic (†) 8.9 (1.03) 6.5 (0.75) 7.4 (0.80) 6.2   (0.84) 5.9   (0.80) 3.9   (0.70) 3.3   (0.50) 4.5   (0.86) 3.4   (0.61)
Asian (†) (†) (†) (†) 7.4 ! (2.89)   (†) 7.1 ! (2.50) 3.2 ! (1.15) 2.9 ! (1.03)   (†)
Other (†) 5.4 (1.04) 6.6 (1.32) 3.9 (1.02) 3.1 ! (1.28)   (†) 4.0 ! (1.79) 2.5 ! (1.05) 3.2 ! (1.42)   (†)
                                                     
Grade                                                    
6th (†) 7.8 (1.11) 6.3 (1.15) 6.8 (1.01) 5.6   (0.99) 5.9   (1.20) 3.3   (0.89) 3.0   (0.86) 3.9   (0.88) 2.8 ! (0.96)
7th (†) 6.1 (0.72) 5.5 (0.80) 6.7 (0.80) 7.5   (0.89) 3.0   (0.55) 4.0   (0.78) 2.7   (0.58) 2.2   (0.54) 2.2   (0.54)
8th (†) 5.5 (0.66) 4.4 (0.61) 5.3 (0.71) 5.0   (0.72) 3.6   (0.65) 3.3   (0.72) 2.1   (0.43) 2.4 ! (0.80) 2.9   (0.68)
9th (†) 4.6 (0.63) 4.5 (0.62) 4.3 (0.55) 3.8   (0.61) 4.0   (0.75) 2.6   (0.62) 3.5   (0.65) 2.8   (0.59) 2.5   (0.58)
10th (†) 4.8 (0.63) 4.2 (0.63) 5.3 (0.67) 4.7   (0.66) 3.0   (0.60) 5.5   (0.96) 1.7   (0.46) 4.4   (0.83) 1.2 ! (0.41)
11th (†) 5.9 (0.72) 4.7 (0.62) 4.7 (0.69) 4.2   (0.74) 2.3   (0.56) 2.2   (0.56) 2.9   (0.70) 2.2   (0.47) 2.0 ! (0.64)
12th (†) 6.1 (0.86) 3.3 (0.62) 4.9 (0.72) 5.4   (0.98) 3.2   (0.61) 2.1   (0.63) 1.0 ! (0.37) 1.3 ! (0.46) 2.1   (0.63)
                                                     
Urbanicity3                                                    
Urban (†) 9.1 (0.82) 7.4 (0.68) 8.1 (0.60) 6.7   (0.61) 5.3   (0.67) 5.8   (0.87) 3.4   (0.42) 4.0   (0.54) 2.8   (0.54)
Suburban (†) 5.0 (0.31) 3.8 (0.33) 4.4 (0.34) 4.6   (0.43) 2.7   (0.36) 2.5   (0.33) 2.2   (0.30) 2.2   (0.42) 2.3   (0.39)
Rural (†) 3.0 (0.71) 3.0 (0.59) 4.0 (0.69) 4.7   (0.98) 2.8   (0.54) 1.9   (0.48) 1.0 ! (0.35) 1.7   (0.49) 1.1 ! (0.36)
                                                     
Control of school                                                    
Public (†) 5.8 (0.32) 4.6 (0.30) 5.4 (0.31) 5.2   (0.34) 3.6   (0.30) 3.5   (0.33) 2.4   (0.23) 2.7   (0.36) 2.2   (0.27)
Private (†) 5.0 (0.92) 5.1 (1.08) 4.7 (0.89) 4.9   (1.41) 2.1 ! (0.72) 1.8 ! (0.71) 1.6 ! (0.68) 2.0 ! (0.70) 3.0 ! (1.16)
—Not available.
†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 In 2005 and prior years, the period covered by the survey question was “during the last 6 months,” whereas the period was “during this school year” beginning in 2007. Cognitive testing showed that estimates for earlier years are comparable to those for 2007 and later years.
2 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. "Other" includes American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians (prior to 2005), Pacific Islanders, and, from 2003 onward, persons of 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 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. Students were asked if they were "never," "almost never," "sometimes," or "most of the time" afraid that someone would attack or harm them at school or away from school. Students responding "sometimes" or "most of the time" were considered afraid. For the 2001 survey only, the wording was changed from "attack or harm" to "attack or threaten to attack."
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1995 through 2015. (This table was prepared August 2016.)

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