Table 220.56.

Percentage of fall 2010 first-time kindergartners, by type of victimization their teacher reported that they perpetrated against peers in third grade, frequency with which the teacher reported that they victimized their peers, and selected child, family, and school characteristics: Spring 2014

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Frequency of child victimizing peers and selected child, family, or school characteristic	Type of victimization perpetrated against peers
	Any type of victimization1			Teased, made fun of, or called other students names			Told lies or untrue stories about other students			Pushed, shoved, slapped, hit, or kicked other students			Excluded other students from play on purpose
1	2			3			4			5			6
Percentage distribution of children, by how frequently       their teacher reported they victimized their peers
Total	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Never	48.6		(0.81)	57.1		(0.78)	69.0		(0.72)	76.8		(0.82)	64.9		(0.75)
Rarely	28.4		(0.64)	25.0		(0.63)	18.8		(0.48)	14.4		(0.56)	23.1		(0.70)
Sometimes	16.8		(0.59)	13.2		(0.41)	9.2		(0.54)	6.5		(0.42)	9.6		(0.38)
Often or very often	6.1		(0.43)	4.8		(0.39)	3.0		(0.32)	2.3		(0.24)	2.4		(0.26)
Often	4.4		(0.30)	3.6		(0.31)	2.2		(0.25)	1.6		(0.17)	1.8		(0.20)
Very often	1.8		(0.21)	1.1		(0.17)	0.8		(0.13)	0.7		(0.18)	0.6		(0.11)
Among children with each characteristic, percent whose       teacher reported that they perpetrated specific types of       victimization against their peers "Often" or "Very often"
Total	6.1		(0.43)	4.8		(0.39)	3.0		(0.32)	2.3		(0.24)	2.4		(0.26)
Sex of child
Male	8.4		(0.66)	6.8		(0.61)	3.8		(0.50)	3.4		(0.37)	2.7		(0.38)
Female	3.8		(0.41)	2.7		(0.36)	2.2		(0.28)	1.1		(0.26)	2.1		(0.32)
Age of child at kindergarten entry
Less than 5 years old	4.4	!	(1.86)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
5 years old to 5 1/2 years old	6.2		(0.52)	4.7		(0.45)	3.1		(0.37)	2.4		(0.35)	2.5		(0.36)
More than 5 1/2 years old to 6 years old	6.2		(0.71)	5.0		(0.65)	3.0		(0.50)	2.4		(0.31)	2.3		(0.41)
More than 6 years old	6.0		(1.23)	5.2		(1.06)	2.5	!	(0.81)	1.7	!	(0.64)	2.7		(0.67)
Race/ethnicity of child
White	4.6		(0.48)	3.3		(0.41)	2.2		(0.33)	1.2		(0.22)	1.8		(0.28)
Black	14.8		(1.71)	13.0		(1.77)	7.4		(1.19)	7.9		(1.05)	6.1		(1.18)
Hispanic	5.5		(0.57)	4.2		(0.53)	2.7		(0.43)	2.2		(0.34)	2.0		(0.55)
Asian	1.7	!	(0.59)	1.1	!	(0.51)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	13.6	!	(6.52)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	6.4	!	(2.68)	5.7	!	(2.29)	5.1	!	(2.25)	2.0	!	(0.78)	‡		(†)
Frequency with which child reported experiencing different       types of victimization by peers, spring 2014
Teased, made fun of, or called names
Sometimes, rarely, or never	4.8		(0.40)	3.8		(0.37)	2.2		(0.28)	1.5		(0.20)	2.0		(0.26)
Often or very often	11.7		(1.31)	8.6		(1.04)	6.5		(0.86)	5.5		(0.86)	4.0		(0.68)
Subject of lies or untrue stories
Sometimes, rarely, or never	4.3		(0.34)	3.3		(0.28)	2.0		(0.23)	1.5		(0.17)	1.8		(0.25)
Often or very often	12.3		(1.21)	10.0		(1.14)	6.6		(0.87)	4.9		(0.77)	4.4		(0.60)
Pushed, shoved, slapped, hit, or kicked
Sometimes, rarely, or never	5.1		(0.44)	4.0		(0.39)	2.4		(0.34)	1.8		(0.22)	2.1		(0.28)
Often or very often	11.9		(1.26)	9.3		(1.14)	6.7		(1.02)	5.1		(0.82)	3.9		(0.70)
Excluded from play on purpose
Sometimes, rarely, or never	5.2		(0.43)	4.2		(0.39)	2.5		(0.31)	1.8		(0.22)	2.1		(0.27)
Often or very often	10.9		(1.39)	7.9		(1.16)	5.7		(0.81)	4.9		(0.86)	4.0		(0.63)
Parents’ highest level of education, spring 20142
Less than high school	9.0		(1.35)	6.4		(1.34)	3.2		(0.75)	5.6		(1.07)	3.2		(0.85)
High school completion	7.8		(1.15)	6.0		(1.08)	4.5		(0.80)	3.2		(0.61)	3.4		(0.63)
Some college/vocational	6.8		(0.61)	5.7		(0.60)	3.6		(0.49)	2.2		(0.35)	2.9		(0.49)
Bachelor’s degree	4.3		(0.61)	3.2		(0.48)	1.9		(0.44)	1.3	!	(0.43)	1.3		(0.34)
Any graduate education	3.7		(0.50)	2.6		(0.43)	1.4		(0.38)	1.1		(0.31)	1.3	!	(0.40)
Poverty status, spring 20143
Below poverty threshold	9.0		(0.80)	7.1		(0.86)	4.9		(0.67)	4.5		(0.59)	3.7		(0.69)
100 to 199 percent of poverty threshold	7.8		(0.82)	6.7		(0.74)	4.4		(0.76)	2.6		(0.49)	3.0		(0.53)
200 percent or more of poverty threshold	4.2		(0.38)	2.9		(0.32)	1.6		(0.23)	1.2		(0.16)	1.6		(0.31)
School locale, spring 2014
City	7.5		(0.68)	5.8		(0.59)	3.8		(0.50)	3.3		(0.44)	3.0		(0.40)
Suburb	5.2		(0.50)	4.1		(0.42)	2.6		(0.32)	1.9		(0.32)	1.9		(0.27)
Town	4.6		(1.23)	3.6	!	(1.17)	2.4	!	(0.75)	2.2		(0.67)	‡		(†)
Rural	5.6		(0.83)	4.1		(0.75)	2.7		(0.73)	1.6		(0.41)	2.4		(0.59)
School control, spring 2014
Public	6.3		(0.45)	4.9		(0.43)	3.2		(0.34)	2.4		(0.25)	2.5		(0.28)
Private	4.8		(1.03)	3.4		(0.81)	1.4	!	(0.44)	1.4		(0.42)	1.3	!	(0.59)

†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 whose teachers reported that they perpetrated more than one type of victimization are counted only once in the total percentage of children who perpetrated 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.)