Percent of teachers and students who feel that school violence is a major problem, by type of violent action: 1993

Table 147.
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                                     |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
                                     |       |        |        |Pushing, |Kicking,|Threatening|Using |
                                     |Verbal |Threats |Threats |shoving, |biting, |   with    |knives|Stealing
         Teacher and student         |insults|   to   |   to   |grabbing,|   or   |     a     |  or  |
           characteristics           |       |students|teachers|   or    |hitting |   knife   |firing|
                                     |       |        |        |slapping | with a |  or gun   | guns |
                                     |       |        |        |         |  fist  |           |      |
                                     |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
_____________________________________|_______|________|________|_________|________|___________|______|________
                  1                  |   2   |   3    |   4    |    5    |   6    |     7     |  8   |   9
_____________________________________|_______|________|________|_________|________|___________|______|________
  All teachers ......................|    16 |     12 |      4 |      28 |     13 |         3 |    2 |     19
                                     |_______|________|________|_________|________|___________|______|________
Location                             |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
  Urban .............................|    36 |     22 |      8 |      39 |     20 |         5 |    4 |     28
  Suburban or rural .................|    22 |      9 |      2 |      24 |     10 |         2 |    2 |     15
                                     |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
School level                         |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
  Elementary ........................|    18 |      8 |      2 |      24 |     12 |         1 |    1 |     10
  Secondary .........................|    30 |     14 |      5 |      29 |     13 |         3 |    3 |     23
                                     |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
Quality of education in teachers'    |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
 school \1\                          |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
  Excellent .........................|   --- |      6 |      2 |      17 |      5 |         1 |    1 |     10
  Good ..............................|   --- |     17 |      5 |      35 |     16 |         4 |    3 |     25
  Fair or poor ......................|   --- |     29 |     13 |      64 |     46 |         9 |    9 |     47
                                     |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
Income level of students             |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
 in teacher's school \1\             |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
  All or many lower income students .|   --- |     20 |      6 |      38 |     20 |         4 |    3 |     28
  Some lower income students ........|   --- |      8 |      3 |      23 |      9 |         2 |    1 |     13
  Few or no lower income students ...|   --- |      6 |      2 |      17 |      5 |         1 |    2 |     11
                                     |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
Number of minority students          |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
in teacher's school \1\              |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
  All or many minority students .....|   --- |     22 |      8 |      40 |     23 |         5 |    4 |     30
  Some minority students ............|   --- |     11 |      4 |      24 |     10 |         3 |    2 |     19
  Few or no minority students .......|   --- |      5 |      1 |      20 |      5 |     (\2\) |    1 |      9
                                     |=======|========|========|=========|========|===========|======|========
          Student opinions           |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
  All students ......................|    34 |     23 |     15 |      33 |     27 |        20 |   19 |     38
                                     |_______|________|________|_________|________|___________|______|________
Location                             |       |        |        |         |        |           |      |
  Urban .............................|    40 |     28 |     19 |      39 |     31 |        23 |   24 |     38
  Suburban or rural .................|    31 |     21 |     13 |      29 |     26 |        17 |   16 |     38
_____________________________________|_______|________|________|_________|________|___________|______|________
\1\As reported by teachers in this survey.
\2\less than 0.5 percent.
SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc. "The American Teacher: 1993". (This table was prepared May 1995.)
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