Table 220.55.

Percentage of fall 2010 first-time kindergartners, by type of peer victimization reported by child in third grade, frequency with which child reported being victimized in third grade, and selected child, family, and school characteristics: Spring 2014

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Frequency of victimization and selected child, family, or school characteristic	Type of peer victimization reported by child
	Any type of peer victimization1			Teased, made fun of, or called names			Subject of lies or untrue stories			Pushed, shoved, slapped, hit, or kicked			Excluded from play on purpose
1	2			3			4			5			6
Percentage distribution of all children, by reported       frequency of being victimized by their peers
Total	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Never	11.1		(0.47)	34.0		(0.72)	33.8		(0.63)	45.5		(0.79)	44.4		(0.72)
Rarely	18.5		(0.69)	22.8		(0.65)	19.9		(0.54)	22.2		(0.75)	22.0		(0.57)
Sometimes	33.0		(0.76)	27.7		(0.70)	24.1		(0.57)	18.6		(0.54)	18.5		(0.57)
Often or very often	37.5		(0.80)	15.4		(0.52)	22.2		(0.72)	13.7		(0.47)	15.1		(0.56)
Often	15.3		(0.41)	6.5		(0.39)	9.9		(0.45)	6.5		(0.33)	7.4		(0.36)
Very often	22.2		(0.71)	8.9		(0.41)	12.3		(0.60)	7.2		(0.36)	7.8		(0.44)
Among children with each characteristic, percent reporting       that they experienced specific types of peer victimization       "Often" or "Very often"
Total	37.5		(0.80)	15.4		(0.52)	22.2		(0.72)	13.7		(0.47)	15.1		(0.56)
Sex of child
Male	39.3		(1.37)	15.7		(0.85)	23.6		(1.10)	16.2		(0.78)	14.3		(0.83)
Female	35.5		(0.80)	15.2		(0.55)	20.8		(0.82)	11.1		(0.58)	15.9		(0.71)
Age of child at kindergarten entry
Less than 5 years old	40.0		(2.99)	18.2		(2.55)	20.5		(2.51)	14.9		(2.52)	12.8		(2.88)
5 years old to 5 1/2 years old	39.2		(1.03)	16.5		(0.83)	23.7		(0.85)	14.0		(0.62)	16.6		(0.81)
More than 5 1/2 years old to 6 years old	36.1		(1.03)	14.5		(0.72)	21.5		(0.99)	13.7		(0.63)	14.2		(0.71)
More than 6 years old	35.0		(2.31)	14.0		(1.24)	19.4		(1.78)	12.0		(1.34)	13.1		(1.41)
Race/ethnicity of child
White	35.9		(0.89)	15.2		(0.58)	20.6		(0.80)	12.7		(0.59)	15.2		(0.67)
Black	47.7		(3.75)	19.9		(2.14)	32.2		(2.65)	20.0		(1.71)	18.3		(2.22)
Hispanic	35.5		(1.03)	13.7		(1.03)	20.6		(1.10)	12.3		(0.64)	13.3		(0.87)
Asian	28.6		(2.33)	11.3		(2.37)	12.5		(1.37)	9.8		(2.21)	12.2		(1.98)
Pacific Islander	19.0	!	(6.99)	7.7	!	(2.96)	16.0	!	(6.89)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	47.2		(3.94)	18.3		(3.10)	27.1		(2.59)	24.8		(4.14)	17.8		(2.31)
Two or more races	43.9		(3.27)	18.6		(2.51)	29.1		(2.96)	16.6		(2.52)	16.9		(2.38)
Frequency with which child victimized his/her peers       (reported by teacher), spring 2014
Teased, made fun of, or called other students names
Sometimes, rarely, or never	36.1		(0.76)	14.7		(0.49)	20.9		(0.70)	13.0		(0.46)	14.6		(0.50)
Often or very often	62.4		(3.35)	29.2		(3.14)	46.4		(3.06)	27.0		(3.06)	25.1		(3.48)
Told lies or untrue stories about other students
Sometimes, rarely, or never	36.5		(0.75)	14.8		(0.47)	21.3		(0.70)	13.1		(0.45)	14.7		(0.51)
Often or very often	66.3		(3.85)	35.1		(3.76)	48.0		(3.42)	31.0		(4.63)	28.8		(3.76)
Pushed, shoved, slapped, hit, or kicked other students
Sometimes, rarely, or never	36.7		(0.75)	14.9		(0.50)	21.6		(0.69)	13.3		(0.45)	14.7		(0.53)
Often or very often	65.3		(6.04)	39.3		(4.56)	47.8		(4.66)	31.1		(4.26)	32.7		(4.73)
Excluded other students from play on purpose
Sometimes, rarely, or never	36.8		(0.75)	15.1		(0.52)	21.7		(0.70)	13.5		(0.45)	14.9		(0.53)
Often or very often	58.6		(5.78)	26.3		(4.34)	41.4		(4.64)	22.5		(4.25)	25.5		(4.07)
Parents’ highest level of education, spring 20142
Less than high school	37.1		(2.24)	13.6		(1.90)	22.6		(1.75)	15.5		(1.52)	14.3		(1.55)
High school completion	45.0		(1.67)	18.7		(1.45)	28.0		(1.68)	15.4		(1.07)	18.4		(1.40)
Some college/vocational	40.3		(0.98)	18.0		(1.01)	24.7		(1.08)	15.5		(0.85)	17.2		(0.83)
Bachelor’s degree	32.9		(1.29)	13.1		(0.88)	17.6		(1.08)	11.6		(1.00)	12.5		(0.91)
Any graduate education	28.2		(1.17)	10.1		(0.85)	15.7		(0.96)	9.9		(0.95)	10.4		(0.85)
Poverty status, spring 20143
Below poverty threshold	42.9		(1.43)	17.6		(1.23)	26.6		(1.47)	16.6		(1.10)	19.5		(1.07)
100 to 199 percent of poverty threshold	42.9		(1.59)	19.1		(1.28)	24.7		(1.28)	16.8		(1.08)	17.1		(1.34)
200 percent or more of poverty threshold	32.7		(0.83)	12.9		(0.54)	19.2		(0.74)	11.1		(0.50)	12.3		(0.55)
School locale, spring 2014
City	37.4		(1.44)	16.9		(0.94)	22.7		(1.10)	14.1		(0.91)	14.6		(0.80)
Suburb	33.5		(1.17)	14.0		(0.70)	18.7		(0.85)	11.6		(0.76)	12.8		(0.77)
Town	37.6		(3.35)	13.6		(1.54)	24.1		(2.59)	14.2		(1.64)	14.9		(2.18)
Rural	42.6		(1.82)	16.7		(1.31)	24.7		(1.64)	15.1		(1.40)	18.4		(1.42)
School control, spring 2014
Public	37.8		(0.83)	15.5		(0.58)	22.7		(0.77)	13.8		(0.50)	15.4		(0.58)
Private	34.3		(2.03)	14.2		(1.46)	17.5		(1.83)	12.6		(1.48)	11.8		(1.32)

†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 Children who reported experiencing more than one type of victimization are counted only once in the total percentage of children who experienced any type of victimization.

2 Parents’ highest level of education is the highest level of education achieved by either of the parents or guardians in a two-parent household, by the only parent in a single-parent household, or by any guardian in a household with no parents.

3 Poverty status is based on U.S. Census weighted average income thresholds for 2013, which identify incomes determined to meet household needs, given family size and composition. For example, a family of three with one child was below the poverty threshold if its income was less than $18,552 in 2013.

NOTE: Estimates weighted by W7C27P_7T70. Estimates pertain to a sample of children who were enrolled in kindergarten for the first time in the 2010-11 school year. In 2013-14, most of the children were in third grade, but 6 percent were in second grade or other grades (e.g., fourth grade, ungraded classrooms). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and survey item nonresponse.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), Kindergarten–Third Grade Restricted-Use Data File. (This table was prepared October 2016.)