Table 230.35.

Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being called hate-related words at school, by type of hate-related word and selected student and school characteristics: 2017

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Student or school characteristic	Total, any hate- related words1			Type of hate-related word (specific/characteristic targeted)
				Race			Ethnicity			Religion			Disability			Gender			Sexual orientation
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8
Total	6.4		(0.34)	2.8		(0.24)	1.7		(0.21)	0.7		(0.11)	0.7		(0.13)	1.0		(0.13)	0.8		(0.13)
Sex
Male	6.0		(0.41)	2.9		(0.32)	1.7		(0.27)	1.0		(0.17)	0.8		(0.16)	0.4		(0.12)	0.6		(0.15)
Female	6.9		(0.50)	2.7		(0.38)	1.6		(0.27)	0.5		(0.12)	0.7		(0.20)	1.6		(0.25)	1.0		(0.21)
Race/ethnicity
White	6.1		(0.48)	1.6		(0.26)	0.7		(0.20)	0.9		(0.19)	1.1		(0.20)	1.0		(0.18)	1.2		(0.21)
Black	7.4		(1.03)	5.0		(0.87)	1.6	!	(0.50)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	1.6	!	(0.57)	‡		(†)
Hispanic	6.3		(0.74)	3.3		(0.52)	3.3		(0.55)	0.4	!	(0.21)	‡		(†)	0.8	!	(0.25)	0.5	!	(0.19)
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.7		(1.21)	4.0		(1.13)	2.4	!	(0.96)	1.5	!	(0.61)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Asian	4.8		(1.24)	4.1		(1.15)	2.5	!	(0.98)	1.6	!	(0.62)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	11.4		(2.50)	7.9	!	(2.48)	4.9		(1.45)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Grade
6th	6.7		(1.20)	2.3	!	(0.72)	1.0	!	(0.47)	‡		(†)	1.3	!	(0.53)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
7th	7.3		(0.95)	3.2		(0.71)	2.2		(0.60)	0.5	!	(0.24)	1.0	!	(0.34)	1.1	!	(0.35)	1.0	!	(0.37)
8th	7.0		(0.89)	2.9		(0.65)	1.3		(0.34)	1.4	!	(0.42)	0.8	!	(0.30)	0.9	!	(0.35)	0.8	!	(0.31)
9th	8.2		(1.07)	3.6		(0.71)	2.2		(0.59)	0.9	!	(0.39)	‡		(†)	1.7		(0.47)	1.0	!	(0.35)
10th	6.3		(0.86)	2.9		(0.68)	1.8	!	(0.56)	0.8	!	(0.29)	0.8	!	(0.37)	1.0	!	(0.37)	1.2	!	(0.41)
11th	4.7		(0.90)	2.2		(0.54)	1.4		(0.40)	0.5	!	(0.21)	1.0	!	(0.45)	0.8	!	(0.31)	‡		(†)
12th	4.6		(0.82)	2.2		(0.58)	1.5		(0.45)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	0.6	!	(0.28)	0.8	!	(0.32)
Urbanicity2
Urban	6.8		(0.65)	3.3		(0.48)	2.3		(0.46)	0.7		(0.18)	0.5	!	(0.15)	1.2		(0.27)	0.9		(0.25)
Suburban	6.3		(0.45)	2.8		(0.32)	1.5		(0.23)	0.8		(0.17)	0.7		(0.16)	1.0		(0.17)	0.8		(0.16)
Rural	6.2		(0.99)	1.7		(0.49)	1.1	!	(0.40)	0.5	!	(0.21)	1.6	!	(0.53)	0.6	!	(0.29)	0.9	!	(0.38)
Control of school
Public	6.6		(0.35)	2.9		(0.25)	1.8		(0.22)	0.8		(0.12)	0.8		(0.14)	1.1		(0.14)	0.9		(0.14)
Private	3.8		(1.00)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)

†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 called hate-related words were asked which specific characteristics these words were related to. If a student reported being called more than one type of hate-related word--e.g., a derogatory term related to race as well as a derogatory term related to sexual orientation--the student was counted only once in the total percentage of students who were called any hate-related words.

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. "Hate-related" refers to derogatory terms used by others in reference to students' personal characteristics. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017. (This table was prepared October 2018.)