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Table 3.  Among students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied during school, percentage reporting various types of bullying, by selected bullying components and student characteristics: School year 2021–22
Bullying components and student characteristics Made fun of, called names, or insulted   Spread rumors   Shared private information, photos, or videos   Threatened with harm   Pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on   Tried to make do things they did not want to do   Excluded from activities, social media, or communications   Property destroyed on purpose  
Total 62.3   68.3   13.2   17.2   25.5   13.3   19.4   7.2  
Bullied without repetition or power imbalance1 21.5   63.3   ‡   14.8 ! 23.2   8.2 ! #   ‡  
Bullied with repetition or power imbalance (not both) 45.5   59.0   8.9   9.7   19.2   8.4   10.3   5.4  
Bullied with repetition and power imbalance 74.3   72.8   16.4   20.5   28.4   15.9   25.8   8.8  
Sex                                
Male 63.2   58.4   11.0   21.8   36.1   15.4   15.8   11.7  
Female 61.7   76.4   14.9   13.5   16.8   11.5   22.4   3.5  
Race/ethnicity2                                
American Indian or Alaska Native ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Asian ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Black 61.5   65.1   18.7   25.2   22.8   19.2   16.1   10.3 !
Hispanic or Latino 57.7   68.3   14.7   12.7   27.1   11.4   13.7   6.8 !
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
White 63.0   69.2   11.8   17.4   25.8   12.9   22.2   7.8  
Two or more races 80.3   67.0   8.5 ! 25.3 ! 30.9   8.9 ! 15.2 ! ‡  
Grade3                                
6th 68.4   61.7   9.5   17.3   44.5   17.2   15.0   17.6  
7th 78.7   59.7   15.9   20.7   32.2   14.6   19.9   7.1  
8th 64.5   69.7   8.9   13.9   33.5   15.5   14.7   6.6  
9th 56.3   67.7   18.1   17.4   15.1   9.1   19.9   6.2 !
10th 49.8   78.7   15.6   20.8   21.4   12.6   13.1   4.6 !
11th 60.0   67.0   13.1   16.7   8.5 ! 16.8 ! 31.7   ‡  
12th 45.7   78.2   10.3 ! 12.8   8.0 ! 6.1 ! 30.5   ‡  
Household income4                                
Less than $25,000 68.2   65.9   12.6 ! 18.3   24.8   16.7   13.5   17.1  
$25,000–49,999 64.7   70.4   10.7   17.9   26.0   12.2   18.2   4.3 !
$50,000–99,999 61.5   65.2   15.5   22.1   27.6   11.6   20.6   8.0  
$100,000–149,999 67.9   73.2   14.4   12.0 ! 28.4   16.0   20.4   7.1 !
$150,000 or more 54.3   68.1   12.1   13.5   20.5   13.0   21.5   4.5 !
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is 30–50 percent of the estimate's value.
‡ 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 “Repetition” includes students who reported being bullied more than one day or more than once in a day, as well as students who thought the bullying would happen again. “Power imbalance” includes students who reported being bullied by someone who had more power or strength (e.g., someone bigger, more popular, with more money, more influence, or more power in any other way) as well as students who reported being bullied by multiple students acting as a team or acting both alone and as a team.
2 Students of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the "Hispanic or Latino" category regardless of race and are not included in the race categories. “Black” includes African American.
3 The School Crime Supplement sample includes students ages 12–18 and, therefore, might not be representative of students in 6th grade, who are commonly 11–12 years old. Comparisons between students in 6th grade and those in other grades should be made with caution.
4 Income categories presented here approximate the income categories reported by Census. The median household income in 2021 was $70,784 (Current Population Survey, 2021 and 2022 Annual Social and Economic Supplement [CPS ASEC], https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2022/comm/median-household-income.html)
NOTE: Data include only students who reported being enrolled in grades 6–12 and not receiving any of their education through homeschooling during the school year. Estimates are based on the 19.2 percent of students who reported being bullied. "Bullied" includes students who reported that another student made fun of them, called them names, or insulted them in a hurtful way; spread rumors about them or tried to make others dislike them; purposely shared their private information, photos, or videos in a hurtful way; threatened them with harm; pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on them; tried to make them do things they did not want to do, for example, giving them money or other things; excluded them from activities, social media, or other communications on purpose to hurt them; or destroyed their property on purpose. “During school” includes interactions in the school building; on school property; on the school bus; going to and from school; and using the phone, internet, or social media during the 2021–22 school year. Type of bullying totals may sum to more than 100 percent because students could have experienced more than one type of bullying.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2022.

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