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| Table 231.20. | Percentage distribution of students in grades 9-12, by number of times they reported having been in a physical fight anywhere or on school property during the previous 12 months and selected student characteristics: 2013 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Student characteristic | Anywhere (including on school property)1 | On school property2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0 times | 1 to 3 times | 4 to 11 times | 12 or more times | 0 times | 1 to 3 times | 4 to 11 times | 12 or more times | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 75.3 | (0.74) | 18.8 | (0.59) | 4.0 | (0.26) | 1.9 | (0.18) | 91.9 | (0.35) | 7.1 | (0.34) | 0.6 | (0.08) | 0.5 | (0.07) | |||||
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 69.8 | (1.10) | 22.1 | (0.82) | 5.4 | (0.43) | 2.7 | (0.30) | 89.3 | (0.55) | 9.1 | (0.48) | 0.8 | (0.15) | 0.7 | (0.12) | |||||
| Female | 80.8 | (0.72) | 15.6 | (0.64) | 2.6 | (0.21) | 1.0 | (0.17) | 94.4 | (0.38) | 5.1 | (0.38) | 0.3 | ! | (0.09) | 0.3 | (0.07) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 79.1 | (0.70) | 16.5 | (0.61) | 3.2 | (0.30) | 1.2 | (0.18) | 93.6 | (0.45) | 5.7 | (0.44) | 0.4 | (0.11) | 0.3 | (0.08) | |||||
| Black | 65.3 | (1.67) | 26.3 | (1.49) | 5.9 | (0.66) | 2.5 | (0.31) | 87.2 | (0.84) | 11.1 | (0.90) | 1.2 | (0.30) | 0.5 | (0.13) | |||||
| Hispanic | 71.6 | (1.15) | 20.4 | (1.30) | 5.2 | (0.55) | 2.8 | (0.44) | 90.6 | (0.44) | 7.9 | (0.41) | 0.7 | (0.17) | 0.7 | (0.14) | |||||
| Asian | 83.9 | (1.87) | 10.4 | (1.55) | 2.1 | ! | (0.80) | 3.7 | ! | (1.28) | 94.5 | (1.39) | 3.1 | ! | (0.94) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| Pacific Islander | 78.0 | (4.95) | 19.9 | (3.98) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 92.9 | (2.58) | 7.1 | ! | (2.58) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 67.9 | (7.39) | 23.0 | (5.74) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 89.3 | (3.13) | 9.1 | ! | (3.14) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Two or more races | 71.5 | (2.31) | 22.3 | (2.03) | 3.7 | (0.83) | 2.6 | ! | (0.81) | 90.0 | (1.04) | 9.1 | (1.03) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Grade | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 71.7 | (1.17) | 20.8 | (1.02) | 5.1 | (0.38) | 2.4 | (0.35) | 89.1 | (0.78) | 9.5 | (0.77) | 0.9 | (0.24) | 0.5 | (0.12) | |||||
| 10th | 73.6 | (1.42) | 20.8 | (1.21) | 3.8 | (0.46) | 1.8 | (0.31) | 91.7 | (0.61) | 7.4 | (0.59) | 0.4 | (0.10) | 0.5 | (0.14) | |||||
| 11th | 76.0 | (1.04) | 18.7 | (0.82) | 3.4 | (0.46) | 1.9 | (0.31) | 92.5 | (0.53) | 6.4 | (0.52) | 0.4 | ! | (0.15) | 0.6 | (0.17) | ||||
| 12th | 81.2 | (1.19) | 14.5 | (0.91) | 3.1 | (0.45) | 1.1 | (0.19) | 95.1 | (0.63) | 4.1 | (0.54) | 0.5 | ! | (0.14) | 0.4 | (0.10) | ||||
| †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 The term "anywhere" is not used in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) questionnaire; students were simply asked how many times in the past 12 months they had been in a physical fight. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 In the question asking students about physical fights at school, "on school property" was not defined for respondents. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2013. (This table was prepared June 2014.) |