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Table 230.40. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, by type of bullying and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 2005 through 2015
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Year and student or school characteristic Total
bullied at
school1
Type of bullying
Made fun of,
called names,
or insulted
Subject
of rumors
Threatened
with harm
Tried to
make do
things did
not want
to do
Excluded from
activities on
purpose
Property
destroyed on
purpose
Pushed,
shoved,
tripped,
or spit on
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
20052                                              
Total 28.1 (0.70) 18.7   (0.58) 14.7   (0.53) 4.8   (0.31) 3.5   (0.27) 4.6   (0.30) 3.4   (0.29) 9.0   (0.45)
                                               
Sex                                              
Male 27.1 (0.90) 18.5   (0.73) 11.0   (0.64) 5.2   (0.51) 3.9   (0.39) 4.1   (0.40) 3.5   (0.41) 10.9   (0.70)
Female 29.2 (0.84) 19.0   (0.79) 18.5   (0.74) 4.4   (0.37) 3.1   (0.32) 5.2   (0.40) 3.3   (0.35) 7.1   (0.50)
                                               
Race/ethnicity3                                              
White 30.0 (0.84) 20.1   (0.72) 15.8   (0.66) 5.1   (0.47) 3.6   (0.35) 5.3   (0.36) 3.4   (0.35) 9.7   (0.62)
Black 28.5 (2.21) 18.5   (1.72) 14.2   (1.36) 4.9   (0.76) 4.7   (1.00) 4.5   (0.91) 4.6   (0.89) 8.9   (1.14)
Hispanic 22.3 (1.28) 14.7   (1.11) 12.4   (1.00) 4.6   (0.64) 2.6   (0.55) 3.0   (0.53) 2.7   (0.49) 7.6   (0.94)
Asian (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other 24.6 (2.06) 16.3   (1.82) 11.6   (1.71) 2.1   (0.59) 2.1 ! (0.74) 2.5 ! (0.79) 2.5 ! (0.77) 6.8   (1.19)
                                               
Grade                                              
6th 36.6 (1.99) 26.3   (2.05) 16.4   (1.60) 6.4   (1.18) 4.4   (0.92) 7.4   (1.19) 3.9   (0.91) 15.1   (1.75)
7th 35.0 (1.72) 25.2   (1.57) 18.9   (1.27) 6.3   (0.80) 4.7   (0.83) 7.1   (0.85) 4.6   (0.79) 15.4   (1.25)
8th 30.4 (1.50) 20.4   (1.30) 14.3   (1.10) 4.3   (0.64) 3.8   (0.71) 5.4   (0.68) 4.5   (0.75) 11.3   (1.23)
9th 28.1 (1.57) 18.9   (1.33) 13.8   (1.23) 5.3   (0.67) 3.2   (0.58) 3.8   (0.63) 2.7   (0.53) 8.2   (0.91)
10th 24.9 (1.43) 15.5   (1.14) 13.6   (1.19) 4.9   (0.82) 3.6   (0.64) 3.6   (0.63) 2.9   (0.64) 6.8   (0.78)
11th 23.0 (1.58) 14.7   (1.32) 13.4   (1.29) 3.2   (0.61) 2.8   (0.59) 3.3   (0.61) 2.6   (0.56) 4.2   (0.69)
12th 19.9 (1.75) 11.3   (1.52) 12.5   (1.54) 3.5   (0.71) 1.8   (0.51) 2.2 ! (0.72) 2.4   (0.63) 2.9   (0.66)
                                               
Urbanicity4                                              
Urban 26.0 (1.29) 17.7   (0.95) 13.3   (1.07) 5.5   (0.49) 4.1   (0.53) 4.9   (0.63) 3.9   (0.58) 8.5   (0.73)
Suburban 28.9 (0.81) 18.9   (0.75) 14.6   (0.64) 4.4   (0.42) 3.1   (0.33) 4.5   (0.37) 3.0   (0.32) 9.0   (0.56)
Rural 29.0 (1.96) 19.8   (1.76) 17.2   (1.32) 5.0   (1.10) 3.7   (0.74) 4.5   (0.88) 3.8   (0.87) 9.9   (1.23)
                                               
Control of school5                                              
Public 28.6 (0.74) 19.0   (0.61) 14.9   (0.55) 5.1   (0.33) 3.5   (0.27) 4.5   (0.30) 3.5   (0.31) 9.3   (0.48)
Private 22.7 (2.09) 15.3   (1.67) 12.4   (1.66) 0.9 ! (0.40) 3.0 ! (0.90) 6.2   (1.06) 2.0 ! (0.70) 5.5   (1.03)
                                               
2007                                              
Total 31.7 (0.74) 21.0   (0.62) 18.1   (0.61) 5.8   (0.35) 4.1   (0.27) 5.2   (0.30) 4.2   (0.28) 11.0   (0.42)
                                               
Sex                                              
Male 30.3 (0.96) 20.3   (0.83) 13.5   (0.73) 6.0   (0.50) 4.8   (0.43) 4.6   (0.40) 4.0   (0.35) 12.2   (0.58)
Female 33.2 (0.99) 21.7   (0.89) 22.8   (0.91) 5.6   (0.45) 3.4   (0.32) 5.8   (0.43) 4.4   (0.41) 9.7   (0.59)
                                               
Race/ethnicity3                                              
White 34.1 (0.97) 23.5   (0.84) 20.3   (0.84) 6.3   (0.47) 4.8   (0.36) 6.1   (0.44) 4.2   (0.35) 11.5   (0.56)
Black 30.4 (2.18) 19.5   (1.71) 15.7   (1.51) 5.8   (0.89) 3.2   (0.69) 3.7   (0.72) 5.6   (0.96) 11.3   (1.42)
Hispanic 27.3 (1.53) 16.1   (1.25) 14.4   (1.27) 4.9   (0.75) 3.0   (0.71) 4.0   (0.60) 3.6   (0.67) 9.9   (1.05)
Asian 18.1 (2.60) 10.6   (2.19) 8.2   (1.93)   (†)   (†)   (†) 1.8 ! (0.89) 3.8 ! (1.25)
Other 34.1 (3.03) 20.1   (3.12) 20.8   (2.98) 7.7   (2.01) 3.1 ! (1.23) 7.7   (2.08) 3.4 ! (1.30) 14.4   (2.73)
                                               
Grade                                              
6th 42.7 (2.23) 31.2   (2.00) 21.3   (1.84) 7.0   (1.13) 5.4   (0.98) 7.4   (1.20) 5.2   (0.98) 17.6   (1.56)
7th 35.6 (1.78) 27.6   (1.58) 20.2   (1.33) 7.4   (0.92) 4.1   (0.64) 7.7   (0.92) 6.0   (0.81) 15.8   (1.28)
8th 36.9 (1.84) 25.1   (1.65) 19.7   (1.41) 6.9   (0.84) 3.6   (0.64) 5.4   (0.77) 4.6   (0.79) 14.2   (1.23)
9th 30.6 (1.72) 20.3   (1.39) 18.1   (1.45) 4.6   (0.77) 5.1   (0.67) 4.5   (0.69) 3.5   (0.63) 11.4   (1.13)
10th 27.7 (1.44) 17.7   (1.22) 15.0   (1.13) 5.8   (0.81) 4.6   (0.68) 4.6   (0.74) 3.4   (0.59) 8.6   (0.89)
11th 28.5 (1.48) 15.3   (1.25) 18.7   (1.40) 4.9   (0.80) 4.2   (0.73) 3.9   (0.68) 4.4   (0.78) 6.5   (0.92)
12th 23.0 (1.60) 12.1   (1.36) 14.1   (1.38) 4.3   (0.83) 2.1   (0.53) 3.5   (0.75) 2.4   (0.61) 4.1   (0.81)
                                               
Urbanicity4                                              
Urban 30.7 (1.36) 20.0   (1.09) 15.5   (1.02) 5.2   (0.54) 3.6   (0.46) 4.9   (0.57) 4.2   (0.59) 9.2   (0.76)
Suburban 31.2 (1.07) 21.1   (0.84) 17.4   (0.87) 5.7   (0.48) 4.1   (0.37) 5.0   (0.42) 4.0   (0.38) 11.2   (0.60)
Rural 35.2 (1.73) 22.1   (1.43) 24.1   (1.42) 7.0   (0.78) 5.1   (0.69) 6.3   (0.79) 4.9   (0.63) 13.1   (0.98)
                                               
Control of school5                                              
Public 32.0 (0.76) 21.1   (0.65) 18.3   (0.64) 6.2   (0.38) 4.2   (0.28) 5.2   (0.32) 4.1   (0.28) 11.4   (0.45)
Private 29.1 (2.10) 20.1   (1.79) 16.0   (1.76) 1.3 ! (0.50) 3.6   (0.92) 5.9   (1.11) 5.0   (1.11) 6.5   (1.14)
                                               
2009                                              
Total 28.0 (0.83) 18.8   (0.65) 16.5   (0.66) 5.7   (0.34) 3.6   (0.28) 4.7   (0.34) 3.3   (0.28) 9.0   (0.48)
                                               
Sex                                              
Male 26.6 (1.04) 18.4   (0.89) 12.8   (0.79) 5.6   (0.50) 4.0   (0.43) 3.8   (0.39) 3.4   (0.40) 10.1   (0.65)
Female 29.5 (1.08) 19.2   (0.95) 20.3   (0.92) 5.8   (0.50) 3.2   (0.37) 5.7   (0.52) 3.2   (0.39) 7.9   (0.64)
                                               
Race/ethnicity3                                              
White 29.3 (1.03) 20.5   (0.89) 17.4   (0.86) 5.4   (0.40) 3.7   (0.38) 5.2   (0.44) 3.3   (0.32) 9.1   (0.61)
Black 29.1 (2.29) 18.4   (1.78) 17.7   (1.60) 7.8   (1.20) 4.8   (0.92) 4.6   (0.97) 4.6   (0.99) 9.9   (1.55)
Hispanic 25.5 (1.71) 15.8   (1.34) 14.8   (1.44) 5.8   (0.87) 2.7   (0.59) 3.6   (0.68) 2.6   (0.55) 9.1   (0.97)
Asian 17.3 (3.01) 9.6   (2.38) 8.1   (2.11)   (†)   (†) 3.4 ! (1.41)   (†) 5.5 ! (1.75)
Other 26.7 (4.61) 17.4   (3.83) 12.9   (3.21) 9.7 ! (3.01) 4.5 ! (1.97) 4.5 ! (1.85) 3.8 ! (1.67) 7.1 ! (2.39)
                                               
Grade                                              
6th 39.4 (2.60) 30.6   (2.32) 21.4   (2.20) 9.3   (1.34) 4.2 ! (1.27) 6.6   (1.31) 4.0   (1.00) 14.5   (1.89)
7th 33.1 (1.87) 23.6   (1.76) 17.3   (1.58) 5.7   (1.00) 4.6   (0.82) 5.6   (0.95) 4.6   (0.85) 13.1   (1.34)
8th 31.7 (1.85) 22.8   (1.64) 18.1   (1.50) 6.8   (0.94) 5.4   (0.91) 6.9   (1.04) 6.1   (0.92) 12.8   (1.29)
9th 28.0 (1.90) 19.2   (1.66) 16.6   (1.53) 7.1   (1.00) 4.0   (0.74) 4.5   (0.78) 2.9   (0.71) 9.7   (1.24)
10th 26.6 (1.71) 15.0   (1.41) 17.0   (1.32) 5.8   (0.91) 3.1   (0.63) 4.0   (0.76) 2.9   (0.63) 7.3   (1.03)
11th 21.1 (1.69) 13.9   (1.42) 13.9   (1.42) 4.8   (0.84) 2.5   (0.63) 3.6   (0.76) 1.5 ! (0.49) 4.4   (0.84)
12th 20.4 (1.63) 11.1   (1.20) 13.1   (1.32) 2.0   (0.57) 1.7 ! (0.52) 2.6   (0.64) 1.3 ! (0.46) 3.0   (0.65)
                                               
Urbanicity4                                              
Urban 27.4 (1.25) 17.0   (1.00) 16.5   (1.01) 6.6   (0.67) 4.2   (0.59) 4.0   (0.57) 4.2   (0.63) 9.0   (0.98)
Suburban 27.5 (1.06) 19.3   (0.87) 15.5   (0.97) 5.2   (0.44) 3.2   (0.33) 5.0   (0.46) 2.9   (0.34) 8.9   (0.56)
Rural 30.7 (1.99) 20.2   (1.60) 19.9   (1.56) 6.1   (0.79) 4.1   (0.80) 5.2   (0.85) 3.3   (0.64) 9.5   (1.27)
                                               
Control of school5                                              
Public 28.8 (0.88) 19.3   (0.68) 16.9   (0.69) 5.9   (0.37) 3.8   (0.30) 4.7   (0.36) 3.4   (0.29) 9.4   (0.52)
Private 18.9 (2.16) 13.3   (1.87) 11.6   (1.75) 4.4   (1.12) 1.9 ! (0.76) 4.9   (1.16) 1.8 ! (0.68) 4.5   (1.14)
                                               
2011                                              
Total 27.8 (0.76) 17.6   (0.62) 18.3   (0.61) 5.0   (0.30) 3.3   (0.26) 5.6   (0.34) 2.8   (0.23) 7.9   (0.38)
                                               
Sex                                              
Male 24.5 (0.91) 16.2   (0.73) 13.2   (0.66) 5.0   (0.44) 3.6   (0.34) 4.8   (0.41) 3.3   (0.34) 8.9   (0.57)
Female 31.4 (0.99) 19.1   (0.84) 23.8   (0.93) 5.1   (0.41) 3.0   (0.36) 6.4   (0.49) 2.3   (0.30) 6.8   (0.49)
                                               
Race/ethnicity3                                              
White 31.5 (1.07) 20.6   (0.89) 20.3   (0.81) 5.8   (0.44) 3.3   (0.35) 7.1   (0.51) 3.1   (0.33) 8.6   (0.55)
Black 27.2 (1.97) 16.4   (1.45) 18.6   (1.79) 5.5   (0.83) 4.3   (0.79) 4.7   (0.90) 3.3   (0.72) 9.3   (1.00)
Hispanic 21.9 (1.07) 12.7   (0.93) 15.1   (0.87) 3.3   (0.53) 2.9   (0.46) 2.8   (0.52) 2.4   (0.52) 6.2   (0.75)
Asian 14.9 (2.70) 9.0   (2.04) 7.7   (2.03)   (†) 2.7 ! (1.10) 2.9 ! (1.13)   (†) 2.1 ! (0.95)
Other 23.7 (3.38) 15.0   (2.47) 17.0   (2.94) 6.5   (1.73)   (†) 5.0 ! (1.62)   (†) 7.2   (1.81)
                                               
Grade                                              
6th 37.0 (2.17) 27.0   (2.03) 23.1   (1.90) 4.9   (0.94) 3.9   (0.85) 6.6   (1.19) 3.7   (0.87) 12.7   (1.56)
7th 30.3 (1.64) 22.4   (1.35) 18.3   (1.31) 6.9   (0.89) 4.5   (0.72) 7.8   (0.95) 4.0   (0.68) 12.6   (1.16)
8th 30.7 (1.68) 20.7   (1.51) 19.0   (1.40) 5.3   (0.75) 2.9   (0.56) 6.4   (0.80) 4.0   (0.73) 10.8   (1.07)
9th 26.5 (1.66) 16.4   (1.28) 16.3   (1.38) 5.4   (0.73) 3.3   (0.64) 4.1   (0.87) 2.5   (0.60) 7.3   (0.85)
10th 28.0 (1.56) 16.9   (1.26) 19.6   (1.24) 5.1   (0.75) 3.9   (0.65) 5.3   (0.71) 2.2   (0.48) 6.7   (0.82)
11th 23.8 (1.72) 12.7   (1.17) 17.1   (1.48) 4.0   (0.68) 2.4   (0.60) 4.7   (0.71) 1.8   (0.50) 3.9   (0.73)
12th 22.0 (1.34) 10.6   (1.12) 16.7   (1.23) 3.5   (0.65) 2.3   (0.55) 4.3   (0.75) 1.9   (0.51) 2.7   (0.59)
                                               
Urbanicity4                                              
Urban 24.8 (1.28) 15.9   (1.07) 16.1   (1.05) 4.4   (0.49) 3.1   (0.38) 4.6   (0.50) 2.5   (0.38) 7.6   (0.66)
Suburban 29.0 (1.07) 18.4   (0.85) 18.7   (0.86) 5.0   (0.47) 3.2   (0.33) 6.0   (0.46) 3.0   (0.35) 8.2   (0.56)
Rural 29.7 (1.82) 18.4   (1.33) 21.4   (1.47) 6.3   (0.69) 3.9   (0.80) 5.8   (0.89) 3.0   (0.54) 7.3   (0.78)
                                               
Control of school5                                              
Public 28.4 (0.82) 17.9   (0.66) 18.8   (0.65) 5.3   (0.33) 3.3   (0.28) 5.5   (0.37) 2.9   (0.24) 8.1   (0.42)
Private 21.5 (1.91) 13.9   (1.68) 12.6   (1.59) 1.6 ! (0.62) 2.9   (0.76) 5.6   (1.07) 2.1 ! (0.71) 4.7   (1.03)
                                               
2013                                              
Total 21.5 (0.66) 13.6   (0.51) 13.2   (0.50) 3.9   (0.27) 2.2   (0.21) 4.5   (0.30) 1.6   (0.20) 6.0   (0.39)
                                               
Sex                                              
Male 19.5 (0.81) 12.6   (0.70) 9.6   (0.60) 4.1   (0.38) 2.4   (0.30) 3.5   (0.34) 1.8   (0.28) 7.4   (0.59)
Female 23.7 (0.98) 14.7   (0.75) 17.0   (0.80) 3.7   (0.37) 1.9   (0.27) 5.5   (0.47) 1.3   (0.25) 4.6   (0.42)
                                               
Race/ethnicity3                                              
White 23.7 (0.93) 15.6   (0.74) 14.6   (0.76) 4.4   (0.40) 2.0   (0.28) 5.4   (0.46) 1.5   (0.24) 6.1   (0.49)
Black 20.3 (1.81) 10.5   (1.22) 12.7   (1.40) 3.2   (0.68) 2.7   (0.59) 2.7   (0.71) 2.0   (0.54) 6.0   (0.97)
Hispanic 19.2 (1.30) 12.1   (1.13) 11.5   (1.02) 4.0   (0.58) 1.6   (0.32) 3.5   (0.53) 1.4   (0.38) 6.3   (0.79)
Asian 9.2 (1.67) 7.5   (1.63) 3.7   (0.95)   (†) 3.8 ! (1.32) 2.2 ! (0.71) 1.6 ! (0.78) 2.0 ! (0.85)
Other 25.2 (3.60) 16.5   (2.99) 17.3   (3.05) 4.3 ! (1.56) 4.0 ! (1.38) 6.5   (1.85) 2.1 ! (1.00) 8.5   (1.90)
                                               
Grade                                              
6th 27.8 (2.31) 21.3   (2.15) 16.1   (1.61) 5.9   (1.13) 3.4   (0.88) 6.5   (1.20) 3.1   (0.77) 11.0   (1.46)
7th 26.4 (1.65) 17.9   (1.35) 15.5   (1.35) 6.1   (0.88) 3.0   (0.52) 6.3   (0.86) 2.2   (0.52) 11.6   (1.12)
8th 21.7 (1.42) 14.5   (1.23) 12.7   (1.11) 3.9   (0.68) 2.3   (0.54) 5.2   (0.80) 1.5 ! (0.45) 6.5   (0.85)
9th 23.0 (1.42) 13.7   (1.16) 13.8   (1.22) 3.6   (0.61) 2.6   (0.58) 4.3   (0.70) 1.2 ! (0.40) 4.9   (0.83)
10th 19.5 (1.48) 12.9   (1.21) 12.9   (1.28) 4.3   (0.73) 1.7   (0.47) 4.6   (0.72) 1.3   (0.37) 3.7   (0.68)
11th 20.0 (1.50) 11.2   (1.20) 12.5   (1.31) 3.0   (0.60) 1.5   (0.45) 2.4   (0.61) 1.6 ! (0.50) 3.4   (0.72)
12th 14.1 (1.51) 6.4   (1.04) 9.7   (1.15) 1.0 ! (0.43) 1.3 ! (0.48) 2.5   (0.67) 0.7 ! (0.31) 3.0   (0.71)
                                               
Urbanicity4                                              
Urban 20.7 (1.10) 12.8   (0.80) 12.7   (0.87) 3.9   (0.47) 2.7   (0.45) 4.1   (0.51) 1.4   (0.27) 5.6   (0.60)
Suburban 22.0 (0.90) 14.2   (0.69) 13.4   (0.71) 3.9   (0.39) 2.0   (0.28) 4.7   (0.43) 1.3   (0.24) 6.4   (0.52)
Rural 21.4 (1.86) 13.2   (1.49) 13.3   (1.45) 4.1   (0.67) 1.7   (0.42) 4.2   (0.73) 2.8   (0.66) 5.8   (0.88)
                                               
Control of school5                                              
Public 21.5 (0.67) 13.5   (0.53) 13.2   (0.52) 3.9   (0.28) 2.2   (0.22) 4.3   (0.31) 1.6   (0.19) 6.1   (0.41)
Private 22.4 (2.71) 15.3   (2.01) 13.4   (2.20) 3.9   (1.14) 2.7 ! (0.82) 6.7   (1.31) 1.3 ! (0.60) 5.2   (1.24)
                                               
2015                                              
Total 20.8 (0.99) 13.3   (0.87) 12.3   (0.83) 3.9   (0.44) 2.5   (0.36) 5.0   (0.52) 1.8   (0.30) 5.1   (0.49)
                                               
Sex                                              
Male 18.8 (1.31) 12.7   (1.14) 9.1   (0.95) 4.8   (0.64) 2.7   (0.55) 4.4   (0.67) 1.9   (0.44) 6.0   (0.75)
Female 22.8 (1.39) 13.9   (1.13) 15.5   (1.22) 2.9   (0.50) 2.3   (0.50) 5.7   (0.78) 1.8   (0.39) 4.2   (0.63)
                                               
Race/ethnicity3                                              
White 21.6 (1.43) 14.2   (1.22) 12.8   (1.18) 3.9   (0.58) 2.1   (0.46) 5.6   (0.80) 1.6   (0.36) 5.3   (0.65)
Black 24.7 (3.29) 17.2   (2.98) 14.3   (2.51) 5.2   (1.56) 3.4 ! (1.25) 4.9   (1.37) 1.6 ! (0.75) 5.6   (1.66)
Hispanic 17.2 (1.58) 9.5   (1.34) 10.4   (1.52) 2.9   (0.71) 2.1 ! (0.70) 3.4   (0.74) 2.0 ! (0.62) 3.7   (0.80)
Asian 15.6 (4.02) 10.1 ! (3.12) 4.9 ! (2.15)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 3.9 ! (1.89)
Other 25.9 (4.91) 16.4   (4.07) 18.6   (4.31) 8.9 ! (3.90) 9.1 ! (3.17) 9.8 ! (3.61)   (†) 11.2 ! (3.89)
                                               
Grade                                              
6th 31.0 (3.53) 21.4   (3.38) 17.7   (3.18) 7.3   (2.05) 5.2   (1.25) 10.1   (2.29) 4.0 ! (1.61) 13.1   (2.45)
7th 25.1 (2.48) 18.6   (2.16) 12.9   (1.84) 3.8   (1.00) 2.9 ! (0.91) 6.4   (1.27) 2.7 ! (0.82) 7.8   (1.42)
8th 22.2 (2.41) 15.6   (2.06) 13.1   (2.06) 5.0   (1.23) 2.9 ! (0.88) 5.1   (1.14) 3.0 ! (0.93) 7.5   (1.56)
9th 19.0 (2.11) 12.5   (1.88) 10.6   (1.91) 2.8 ! (0.91) 2.7 ! (1.00) 4.4   (1.08) 1.3 ! (0.63) 4.4   (1.16)
10th 21.2 (2.13) 12.6   (1.94) 12.9   (1.82) 2.9 ! (0.90) 1.7 ! (0.67) 5.7   (1.40) 1.2 ! (0.58) 2.2 ! (0.80)
11th 15.8 (2.24) 8.8   (1.72) 10.2   (1.81) 4.2   (1.23)   (†) 3.0 ! (0.96)   (†) 2.1 ! (0.86)
12th 14.9 (2.18) 6.2   (1.53) 10.8   (1.99) 2.5 ! (0.95) 2.4 ! (1.15) 2.4 ! (0.93)   (†) 1.6 ! (0.73)
                                               
Urbanicity4                                              
Urban 21.5 (1.84) 14.5   (1.56) 11.4   (1.56) 3.9   (0.80) 2.9   (0.65) 5.1   (0.85) 2.4   (0.60) 5.6   (0.94)
Suburban 21.1 (1.22) 13.3   (1.04) 13.2   (1.00) 3.9   (0.54) 2.6   (0.54) 5.4   (0.76) 1.6   (0.37) 4.8   (0.66)
Rural 18.2 (2.86) 10.9   (2.42) 10.6   (2.02) 3.8 ! (1.32)   (†) 3.7   (1.05)   (†) 5.2   (1.50)
                                               
Control of school5                                              
Public 21.1 (1.06) 13.4   (0.92) 12.5   (0.86) 4.0   (0.47) 2.6   (0.38) 5.0   (0.53) 1.8   (0.30) 5.2   (0.52)
Private 16.1 (3.40) 11.5   (2.83) 8.6   (2.43)   (†)   (†) 5.0 ! (1.81)   (†) 3.6 ! (1.65)
—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 Students who reported experiencing more than one type of bullying at school were counted only once in the total for students bullied at school.
2 In 2005 and prior years, the period covered by the survey question was “during the last 6 months,” whereas the period was “during this school year” beginning in 2007. Cognitive testing showed that estimates for earlier years are comparable to those for 2007 and later years.
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 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)." These data by metropolitan status were based on the location of households and differ from those published in Student Reports of Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: Results from the 2013 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, which were based on the urban-centric measure of the location of the school that the child attended.
5 Control of school as reported by the respondent. These data differ from those based on a matching of the respondent-reported school name to the Common Core of Data's Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey or the Private School Survey, as reported in Student Reports of Bullying and Cyber-Bullying: Results from the 2013 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey.
NOTE: "At school" includes the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and going to and from school.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, selected years, 2005 through 2015. (This table was prepared August 2016.)

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