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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.) |