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| Table 230.55. | Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been electronically bullied during the previous 12 months, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 2011 through 2017 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student characteristic | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | 16.2 | (0.45) | 14.8 | (0.54) | 15.5 | (0.53) | 14.9 | (0.61) | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 10.8 | (0.60) | 8.5 | (0.45) | 9.7 | (0.68) | 9.9 | (0.37) | ||||
| Female | 22.1 | (0.60) | 21.0 | (0.91) | 21.7 | (0.82) | 19.7 | (1.20) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| White | 18.6 | (0.73) | 16.9 | (0.84) | 18.4 | (0.78) | 17.3 | (0.88) | ||||
| Black | 8.9 | (0.68) | 8.7 | (0.78) | 8.6 | (0.97) | 10.9 | (1.01) | ||||
| Hispanic | 13.6 | (0.80) | 12.8 | (0.98) | 12.4 | (0.97) | 12.3 | (0.40) | ||||
| Asian | 14.4 | (2.45) | 12.9 | (1.70) | 13.9 | (2.42) | 10.0 | (1.49) | ||||
| Pacific Islander | 19.6 | (5.25) | 15.7 | (3.46) | 11.8 | ! | (4.27) | 15.0 | (2.75) | |||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 16.2 | (1.56) | 18.0 | (4.38) | 18.7 | (3.67) | 13.2 | (3.79) | ||||
| Two or more races | 21.0 | (2.16) | 18.9 | (1.94) | 20.4 | (2.43) | 16.0 | (2.21) | ||||
| Sexual orientation1 | ||||||||||||
| Heterosexual | — | (†) | — | (†) | 14.2 | (0.56) | 13.3 | (0.49) | ||||
| Gay, lesbian, or bisexual | — | (†) | — | (†) | 28.0 | (2.06) | 27.1 | (2.04) | ||||
| Not sure | — | (†) | — | (†) | 22.5 | (2.36) | 22.0 | (2.73) | ||||
| Grade | ||||||||||||
| 9th | 15.5 | (0.78) | 16.1 | (1.00) | 16.5 | (1.00) | 16.7 | (0.67) | ||||
| 10th | 18.1 | (0.90) | 14.5 | (1.00) | 16.6 | (0.96) | 14.8 | (0.75) | ||||
| 11th | 16.0 | (1.19) | 14.9 | (0.98) | 14.7 | (1.17) | 14.2 | (1.20) | ||||
| 12th | 15.0 | (0.89) | 13.5 | (0.67) | 14.3 | (0.85) | 13.5 | (1.10) | ||||
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | ||||||||||||
| 1 Students were asked which sexual orientation--"heterosexual (straight)," "gay or lesbian," "bisexual," or "not sure"--best described them. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Electronic bullying includes "being bullied through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting" for 2011 through 2015, and "being bullied through texting, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media" for 2017. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2011 through 2017. (This table was prepared August 2018.) |