Table 230.52.

Among students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, percentage reporting that bullying had varying degrees of negative effect on various aspects of their life, by aspect of life affected and selected student and school characteristics: 2017

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Degree of negative effect and student or school characteristic	School work			Relationships with friends or family			Feeling about oneself			Physical health
1	2			3			4			5
Percentage distribution of bullied students,    by degree of negative effect reported
Total	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Not at all	59.2		(1.62)	67.7		(1.62)	60.5		(1.66)	77.8		(1.32)
Not very much	21.4		(1.36)	13.6		(1.13)	12.7		(1.15)	8.4		(0.79)
Somewhat	14.9		(1.30)	14.3		(1.38)	17.2		(1.16)	10.6		(1.11)
A lot	4.5		(0.67)	4.3		(0.72)	9.5		(1.03)	3.1		(0.57)
Percent of bullied students reporting a    somewhat negative effect or a lot of    negative effect
Total	19.4		(1.41)	18.6		(1.52)	26.8		(1.55)	13.7		(1.18)
Sex
Male	18.2		(1.90)	12.7		(1.61)	21.0		(2.17)	9.7		(1.65)
Female	20.3		(1.74)	22.9		(2.26)	30.9		(1.97)	16.7		(1.71)
Race/ethnicity
White	18.1		(1.63)	20.3		(1.86)	29.2		(2.12)	15.1		(1.49)
Black	20.3		(4.53)	14.8		(3.32)	23.9		(4.15)	14.5		(3.43)
Hispanic	21.5		(2.92)	15.2		(2.89)	20.7		(2.44)	8.6		(1.84)
Asian/Pacific Islander	26.2	!	(8.99)	34.9		(10.15)	40.9		(10.42)	23.3	!	(9.03)
Asian	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	13.5	!	(5.64)	13.8	!	(5.39)	20.7		(5.68)	10.3	!	(4.63)
Grade
6th	25.4		(4.73)	19.5		(3.73)	23.8		(4.40)	21.3		(4.82)
7th	20.1		(3.05)	16.8		(3.56)	24.4		(3.11)	13.9		(3.23)
8th	14.7		(2.56)	17.6		(3.13)	30.1		(3.37)	11.7		(2.02)
9th	20.0		(3.54)	18.2		(3.57)	27.6		(4.30)	14.7		(3.35)
10th	18.8		(3.55)	20.8		(3.75)	22.2		(3.21)	17.0		(3.33)
11th	22.9		(4.41)	19.3		(4.12)	35.2		(5.19)	7.6	!	(2.32)
12th	16.5		(3.94)	20.0		(4.83)	23.6		(4.70)	7.6	!	(2.74)
Urbanicity1
Urban	24.9		(3.03)	19.7		(2.72)	26.9		(2.73)	15.6		(2.48)
Suburban	18.0		(1.74)	17.2		(1.77)	26.7		(1.99)	12.7		(1.39)
Rural	15.5		(3.07)	21.4		(3.97)	26.8		(3.94)	13.8		(3.39)
Control of school
Public	19.4		(1.45)	19.2		(1.59)	26.2		(1.53)	13.5		(1.18)
Private	21.1		(6.24)	10.3	!	(4.09)	36.1		(7.84)	16.4	!	(5.54)

†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 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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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, 2017. (This table was prepared October 2018.)