Table 11. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the previous 6 months, by various methods, and selected student and school characteristics: 2005

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Table 11. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the previous 6 months, by various methods, and selected student and school characteristics: 2005

	Type of Bullying
Student or school characteristic	Were made fun of, called names, or insulted	Had rumors spread about them	Were threatened with harm		Were pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on		Were made to do things they did not want to do		Were purposely excluded from activities		Suffered purposeful destruction of property
Total	18.9	14.9	4.9		9.1		3.5		4.7		3.4

Sex
Male	18.7	11.1	5.2		11.1		3.9		4.1		3.6
Female	19.2	18.7	4.5		7.1		3.1		5.2		3.3

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	20.3	15.9	5.2		9.8		3.6		5.4		3.4
Black, non-Hispanic	18.9	14.5	5.0		9.1		4.8		4.6		4.7
Hispanic	14.9	12.5	4.7		7.6		2.6		3.1		2.7
Other, non-Hispanic	16.8	11.9	2.2		7.0		2.1	!	2.6	!	2.6	!

Grade
6th	26.5	16.6	6.5		15.3		4.4		7.5		4.0
7th	25.3	19.1	6.3		15.4		4.7		7.1		4.6
8th	20.7	14.5	4.4		11.5		3.8		5.4		4.6
9th	19.0	13.9	5.3		8.3		3.2		3.9		2.7
10th	15.6	13.8	5.0		6.9		3.6		3.7		2.9
11th	14.8	13.5	3.2		4.3		2.8		3.4		2.6
12th	11.6	12.7	3.6		2.9		1.8		2.3	!	2.4

Household income
Less than $7,500	19.5	25.2	5.5	!	11.5	!	‡		7.6	!	4.1	!
$7,500–14,999	21.1	17.1	6.2		12.5		4.5	!	6.2		4.4
$15,000–24,999	23.8	18.0	8.5		10.0		4.8		5.0		5.4
$25,000–34,999	18.0	13.1	6.0		9.8		2.7		3.4		3.3
$35,000–49,999	20.4	13.9	4.9		8.5		2.8		4.3		3.6
$50,000 or more	18.9	15.0	3.8		9.5		3.7		5.2		3.2

Urbanicity²
Urban	17.8	13.4	5.5		8.6		4.2		4.9		4.0
Suburban	19.1	14.7	4.5		9.1		3.1		4.6		3.0
Rural	20.1	17.5	5.1		10.0		3.8		4.5		3.8

Self-report of grades at school³
Mostly A's	18.0	12.7	3.4		7.2		3.6		5.0		2.7
Mostly B's	17.4	13.9	3.9		8.4		3.2		4.0		3.5
Mostly C's	22.0	17.9	8.5		12.4		3.8		5.5		4.5
Mostly D's	33.2	31.8	11.3		21.9		6.3	!	7.2		5.1	!
Mostly F's	22.9	30.6	12.8	!	20.2		‡		‡		‡

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	57.6	40.4	42.3		54.3		14.9	!	13.0	!	9.5	!
No	18.5	14.5	4.4		8.6		3.4		4.6		3.4

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	27.7	24.7	9.6		17.2		5.1	!	7.9		12.1
No	18.7	14.6	4.7		8.9		3.5		4.6		3.2

Sector
Public	19.2	15.1	5.2		9.4		3.5		4.5		3.5
Private	15.6	12.6	0.9	!	5.6		3.0	!	6.3		2.1	!

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ "Other, non-Hispanic" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives). Beginning in 2003, students were given the option of identifying themselves as more than one race. Non-Hispanic students who identified themselves as more than one race in 2005 (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "other, non-Hispanic" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic origin were classified as Hispanic, regardless of their race.
² Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
³ Students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported.
⁴ Victimization data are taken from the National Crime Victimization Survey Incident Report.
NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and on the way to and from school. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,811,000 in 2005. Bullying only includes victimization by other students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2005.

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