Table 230.53.

Among students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, percentage reporting that bullying was related to specific characteristics, by type of characteristic related to bullying and other selected student and school characteristics: 2015

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic	Percentage distribution of bullied students, by whether bullying was related to specific characteristics1									Percent of bullied students reporting that bullying was related to characteristic
	Total			No, not related to any listed characteristic			Yes, related to at least one listed characteristic2			Race			Ethnicity			Religion			Disability			Gender			Sexual orientation			Physical appearance
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11
Total	100.0		(†)	60.6		2.2	39.4		2.2	10.1		(1.60)	6.9		(1.17)	3.7		(0.90)	4.4		(1.01)	6.7		(1.37)	3.4	!	(1.04)	26.9		(1.87)
Sex
Male	100.0		(†)	61.1		(3.36)	38.9		(3.36)	11.7		(2.45)	8.8		(2.01)	6.0		(1.69)	6.5		(1.66)	2.4	!	(1.07)	4.8	!	(1.51)	23.1		(2.82)
Female	100.0		(†)	60.2		(3.04)	39.8		(3.04)	8.7		(2.03)	5.3		(1.50)	1.8	!	(0.83)	2.7	!	(1.08)	10.3		(2.20)	‡		(†)	30.0		(2.44)
Race/ethnicity3
White	100.0		(†)	67.0		(2.75)	33.0		(2.75)	4.7		(1.39)	1.9	!	(0.91)	3.7	!	(1.24)	4.9		(1.47)	6.7		(1.48)	4.0	!	(1.49)	23.9		(2.22)
Black	100.0		(†)	56.4		(7.02)	43.6		(7.02)	15.5	!	(5.13)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	30.7		(5.86)
Hispanic	100.0		(†)	52.5		(5.10)	47.5		(5.10)	12.4		(3.66)	14.2		(3.71)	‡		(†)	4.6	!	(1.88)	7.1	!	(3.36)	‡		(†)	29.7		(4.54)
Asian	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Grade
6th to 8th	100.0		(†)	60.9		(3.48)	39.1		(3.48)	12.8		(2.61)	6.3		(1.74)	2.7	!	(1.01)	4.6		(1.33)	7.0		(1.99)	‡		(†)	27.1		(3.12)
9th to 12th	100.0		(†)	60.2		(3.12)	39.8		(3.12)	7.5		(1.83)	7.5		(1.62)	4.6	!	(1.54)	4.3	!	(1.50)	6.4		(1.67)	4.4	!	(1.65)	26.7		(2.78)
Urbanicity4
Urban	100.0		(†)	58.6		(4.34)	41.4		(4.34)	10.2		(2.78)	5.8	!	(1.99)	‡		(†)	5.8	!	(2.27)	8.2		(2.34)	3.2	!	(1.58)	30.2		(3.93)
Suburban	100.0		(†)	58.1		(3.12)	41.9		(3.12)	10.9		(2.09)	8.1		(1.69)	3.9	!	(1.27)	3.5		(1.02)	6.7	!	(2.12)	4.0	!	(1.31)	27.8		(2.54)
Rural	100.0		(†)	75.9		(4.92)	24.1		(4.92)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	6.0	!	(2.87)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	15.1		(4.12)
Control of school
Public	100.0		(†)	59.6		(2.24)	40.4		(2.24)	10.2		(1.66)	7.2		(1.23)	3.9		(0.95)	4.6		(1.06)	6.9		(1.43)	3.6	!	(1.09)	27.5		(1.92)
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 Students who reported being bullied were asked whether the bullying was related to specific characteristics; for each characteristic, students could select "Yes" or "No." The seven characteristics that appeared on the questionnaire are shown in columns 5-11. Includes only students who answered the question about characteristics related to bullying; excludes students who reported being bullied but did not answer this question.

2 Students who reported that bullying was related to multiple listed characteristics are counted only once in the total for students who reporting that bullying was related to at least one listed characteristic.

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)."

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.)