Table 230.52.

Among students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, percentage reporting that bullying had varying degrees of negative effect on various aspects of their life, by aspect of life affected and selected student and school characteristics: 2015

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Degree of negative effect and student or school characteristic	School work			Relationships with friends or family			Feeling about oneself			Physical health
1	2			3			4			5
Percentage distribution of bullied students,       by degree of negative effect reported
Total	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Not at all	64.6		(2.36)	73.6		(2.30)	65.8		(2.43)	82.1		(2.04)
Not very much	21.7		(1.93)	12.1		(1.81)	14.9		(2.07)	8.9		(1.67)
Somewhat	8.7		(1.37)	10.2		(1.52)	11.8		(1.63)	6.8		(1.04)
A lot	5.0		(1.04)	4.1		(0.88)	7.4		(1.34)	2.2		(0.66)
Percent of bullied students reporting       somewhat or a lot of negative effect
Total	13.7		(1.75)	14.2		(1.79)	19.3		(1.91)	9.1		(1.28)
Sex
Male	12.6		(2.62)	12.1		(2.62)	16.0		(3.01)	7.5		(1.85)
Female	14.7		(2.29)	16.0		(2.15)	22.0		(2.70)	10.4		(1.87)
Race/ethnicity1
White	11.5		(2.16)	15.9		(2.58)	18.9		(2.72)	9.4		(1.89)
Black	17.7	!	(5.88)	14.1	!	(4.79)	25.4		(5.60)	6.2	!	(2.91)
Hispanic	13.9		(3.01)	7.1	!	(2.58)	14.2		(3.61)	10.3		(3.05)
Asian	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Grade
6th to 8th	16.4		(2.70)	14.2		(2.57)	25.9		(3.03)	9.9		(1.99)
9th to 12th	11.3		(2.08)	14.2		(2.45)	13.1		(2.39)	8.3		(1.72)
Urbanicity2
Urban	21.3		(3.75)	15.9		(3.19)	23.7		(3.35)	10.0		(2.33)
Suburban	10.9		(1.98)	13.1		(2.42)	19.3		(2.58)	8.9		(1.61)
Rural	7.9	!	(3.40)	14.9	!	(5.07)	8.7	!	(3.79)	7.6	!	(3.52)
Control of school
Public	13.8		(1.79)	14.3		(1.86)	19.8		(2.00)	8.6		(1.25)
Private	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)

†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 Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. "Other" includes American Indians/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islanders, and persons of Two or more races.

2 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)."

NOTE: "At school" includes in the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and 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, 2015. (This table was prepared September 2016.)