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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.)

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