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| Table 231.50. | Percentage distribution of students in grades 9-12, by number of days they reported carrying a weapon anywhere or on school property during the previous 30 days 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 days | 1 day | 2 to 5 days | 6 or more days | 0 days | 1 day | 2 to 5 days | 6 or more days | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 82.1 | (0.73) | 3.4 | (0.19) | 5.5 | (0.22) | 9.0 | (0.67) | 94.8 | (0.44) | 1.4 | (0.14) | 1.2 | (0.13) | 2.6 | (0.42) | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 71.9 | (1.31) | 5.0 | (0.31) | 8.9 | (0.45) | 14.2 | (1.23) | 92.4 | (0.70) | 2.0 | (0.23) | 1.9 | (0.23) | 3.7 | (0.64) | ||||||
| Female | 92.1 | (0.56) | 1.8 | (0.20) | 2.2 | (0.19) | 3.8 | (0.39) | 97.0 | (0.40) | 0.8 | (0.15) | 0.5 | (0.14) | 1.6 | (0.33) | ||||||
| Race/ethnicity3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 79.2 | (0.90) | 3.4 | (0.31) | 6.1 | (0.30) | 11.3 | (0.97) | 94.3 | (0.65) | 1.3 | (0.19) | 1.1 | (0.15) | 3.3 | (0.67) | ||||||
| Black | 87.5 | (0.96) | 2.8 | (0.42) | 4.2 | (0.63) | 5.5 | (0.57) | 96.1 | (0.42) | 1.6 | (0.29) | 1.4 | (0.31) | 0.9 | (0.18) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 84.5 | (0.95) | 4.0 | (0.37) | 5.1 | (0.46) | 6.4 | (0.59) | 95.3 | (0.61) | 1.5 | (0.33) | 1.3 | (0.28) | 1.9 | (0.29) | ||||||
| Asian | 91.3 | (1.79) | 1.5 | ! | (0.55) | 2.5 | ! | (0.76) | 4.7 | ! | (1.49) | 96.2 | (1.13) | 0.8 | ! | (0.41) | ‡ | (†) | 2.4 | ! | (1.01) | |
| Pacific Islander | 87.4 | (3.98) | ‡ | (†) | 6.8 | (1.95) | 4.5 | ! | (1.99) | 96.0 | (1.95) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 82.2 | (4.01) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 9.9 | (2.12) | 93.0 | (3.22) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 2.7 | ! | (1.31) | |||||
| Two or more races | 81.2 | (2.09) | 5.3 | (1.26) | 6.8 | (1.14) | 6.6 | (1.08) | 93.7 | (1.58) | 2.4 | ! | (0.93) | ‡ | (†) | 2.6 | (0.69) | |||||
| Grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 82.5 | (0.99) | 4.0 | (0.37) | 5.7 | (0.69) | 7.8 | (0.69) | 95.2 | (0.69) | 1.6 | (0.28) | 1.1 | (0.28) | 2.1 | (0.38) | ||||||
| 10th | 82.2 | (1.09) | 3.8 | (0.42) | 5.9 | (0.72) | 8.0 | (0.64) | 95.2 | (0.58) | 1.7 | (0.26) | 1.0 | (0.21) | 2.1 | (0.44) | ||||||
| 11th | 82.1 | (1.43) | 2.8 | (0.34) | 5.5 | (0.49) | 9.6 | (1.29) | 94.1 | (1.19) | 1.3 | (0.34) | 1.4 | (0.25) | 3.3 | ! | (1.10) | |||||
| 12th | 81.7 | (1.17) | 2.9 | (0.37) | 4.9 | (0.60) | 10.5 | (0.86) | 94.7 | (0.88) | 0.9 | (0.18) | 1.4 | (0.37) | 3.1 | (0.60) | ||||||
| †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 days they carried a weapon during the past 30 days. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 In the question asking students about carrying a weapon at school, "on school property" was not defined for survey respondents. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Respondents were asked about carrying "a weapon such as a gun, knife, or club." 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.) |