Table 230.80.

Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported avoiding one or more places in school or avoiding school activities or classes because of fear of attack or harm, by selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1995 through 2011

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Type of avoidance and student or school characteristic	1995		1999		2001			2003			2005			20071			20091			20111
1	2		3		4			5			6			7			8			9
Total, any avoidance	—	(†)	6.9	(0.34)	6.1		(0.32)	5.0		(0.30)	5.5		(0.32)	7.2		(0.36)	5.0		(0.35)	5.5		(0.34)
Avoided one or more places in school
Total	8.7	(0.29)	4.6	(0.29)	4.7		(0.27)	4.0		(0.27)	4.5		(0.28)	5.8		(0.31)	4.0		(0.32)	4.7		(0.30)
Entrance to the school	2.1	(0.15)	1.1	(0.14)	1.2		(0.11)	1.2		(0.11)	1.0		(0.14)	1.5		(0.15)	0.9		(0.15)	0.9		(0.13)
Hallways or stairs in school	4.2	(0.21)	2.1	(0.17)	2.1		(0.18)	1.7		(0.17)	2.1		(0.21)	2.6		(0.21)	2.2		(0.23)	2.5		(0.21)
Parts of the school cafeteria	2.5	(0.18)	1.3	(0.15)	1.4		(0.16)	1.2		(0.13)	1.8		(0.16)	1.9		(0.19)	1.1		(0.17)	1.8		(0.18)
Any school restrooms	4.4	(0.22)	2.1	(0.19)	2.2		(0.19)	2.0		(0.16)	2.1		(0.20)	2.6		(0.24)	1.4		(0.19)	1.7		(0.19)
Other places inside the school building	2.5	(0.18)	1.4	(0.17)	1.4		(0.14)	1.2		(0.14)	1.4		(0.18)	1.5		(0.17)	1.0		(0.16)	1.1		(0.15)
Sex
Male	8.8	(0.43)	4.6	(0.35)	4.7		(0.40)	3.9		(0.34)	4.9		(0.46)	6.1		(0.47)	3.9		(0.45)	3.9		(0.42)
Female	8.5	(0.46)	4.6	(0.39)	4.6		(0.35)	4.1		(0.37)	4.1		(0.40)	5.5		(0.41)	4.0		(0.42)	5.5		(0.40)
Race/ethnicity2
White	7.1	(0.32)	3.8	(0.27)	3.9		(0.30)	3.0		(0.27)	3.6		(0.30)	5.3		(0.36)	3.3		(0.38)	4.4		(0.38)
Black	12.1	(1.01)	6.7	(0.90)	6.6		(0.75)	5.1		(0.79)	7.2		(0.98)	8.3		(1.02)	6.1		(1.04)	4.5		(0.80)
Hispanic	12.9	(0.97)	6.2	(0.73)	5.5		(0.71)	6.3		(0.70)	6.0		(0.80)	6.8		(0.82)	4.8		(0.86)	6.0		(0.68)
Asian	—	(†)	—	(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	2.5	!	(0.87)	‡		(†)	3.7	!	(1.53)	2.7	!	(1.06)
Other	11.1	(1.61)	5.4	(0.99)	6.2		(1.16)	4.4		(1.02)	4.3	!	(1.86)	3.5	!	(1.22)	‡		(†)	3.3	!	(1.04)
Grade
6th	11.6	(0.99)	5.9	(0.92)	6.8		(0.93)	5.6		(0.94)	7.9		(1.27)	7.8		(1.20)	7.1		(1.13)	6.9		(0.99)
7th	11.8	(0.89)	6.1	(0.72)	6.2		(0.79)	5.7		(0.73)	5.8		(0.93)	7.5		(0.86)	5.5		(0.86)	5.1		(0.76)
8th	8.8	(0.77)	5.5	(0.70)	5.2		(0.62)	4.7		(0.63)	4.5		(0.67)	5.9		(0.84)	4.8		(0.93)	5.2		(0.75)
9th	9.5	(0.71)	5.3	(0.63)	5.0		(0.61)	5.1		(0.62)	5.2		(0.78)	6.7		(0.81)	4.5		(0.89)	3.7		(0.67)
10th	7.8	(0.75)	4.7	(0.61)	4.2		(0.64)	3.1		(0.54)	4.2		(0.65)	5.5		(0.80)	4.2		(0.88)	5.4		(0.72)
11th	6.9	(0.64)	2.5	(0.46)	2.8		(0.43)	2.5		(0.53)	3.3		(0.58)	4.2		(0.70)	1.2	!	(0.44)	3.6		(0.65)
12th	4.1	(0.74)	2.4	(0.51)	3.0		(0.64)	1.2	!	(0.41)	1.3	!	(0.41)	3.2		(0.71)	1.6	!	(0.50)	3.7		(0.71)
Urbanicity3
Urban	11.7	(0.73)	5.8	(0.48)	6.0		(0.52)	5.7		(0.59)	6.3		(0.67)	6.1		(0.65)	5.5		(0.69)	5.3		(0.61)
Suburban	7.9	(0.40)	4.7	(0.38)	4.3		(0.38)	3.5		(0.30)	3.8		(0.36)	5.2		(0.38)	3.1		(0.38)	4.6		(0.36)
Rural	7.0	(0.65)	3.0	(0.56)	3.9		(0.70)	2.8		(0.53)	4.2		(0.74)	6.9		(0.69)	4.3		(0.80)	3.5		(0.54)
School control
Public	9.3	(0.33)	5.0	(0.31)	4.9		(0.29)	4.2		(0.29)	4.8		(0.30)	6.2		(0.35)	4.2		(0.34)	4.9		(0.32)
Private	2.2	(0.47)	1.6	(0.45)	2.0	!	(0.69)	1.5	!	(0.49)	1.4	!	(0.55)	1.4	!	(0.54)	1.8	!	(0.73)	2.1	!	(0.70)
Avoided school activities or classes
Total	—	(†)	3.2	(0.22)	2.3		(0.18)	1.9		(0.18)	2.1		(0.23)	2.6		(0.23)	2.1		(0.25)	2.0		(0.20)
Any activities4	1.7	(0.15)	0.8	(0.10)	1.1		(0.12)	1.0		(0.11)	1.0		(0.16)	1.8		(0.20)	1.3		(0.20)	1.2		(0.16)
Any classes	—	(†)	0.6	(0.09)	0.6		(0.09)	0.6		(0.10)	0.7		(0.13)	0.7		(0.12)	0.6		(0.13)	0.7		(0.10)
Stayed home from school	—	(†)	2.3	(0.19)	1.1		(0.13)	0.8		(0.11)	0.7		(0.11)	0.8		(0.13)	0.6		(0.14)	0.8		(0.12)

—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 Starting in 2007, the reference period was the school year, whereas in prior survey years the reference period was the previous 6 months. Cognitive testing showed that estimates from 2007 onward are comparable to previous 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 reporting that they are 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 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)."

4 Before 2007, students were asked whether they avoided "any extracurricular activities." Starting in 2007, the survey wording was changed to "any activities."

NOTE: Students were asked whether they avoided places or activities because they thought that someone might attack or harm them. For the 2001 survey only, the wording was changed from "attack or harm" to "attack or threaten to attack." Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because a student who reported more than one type of avoidance was counted only once in the totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, selected years, 1995 through 2011. (This table was prepared September 2013.)