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Table 9. Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being involved in a physical fight and frequency of involvement in physical fights at school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2005
| Involved in one or more physical fights at school | If yes, frequency of involvement in physical fights at school | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student or school characteristic | Yes | No | 1-2 fights | 3 or more fights | |||||
| Total | 5.6 | 94.4 | 78.0 | 22.0 | |||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 7.9 | 92.1 | 80.0 | 20.0 | |||||
| Female | 3.2 | 96.8 | 72.1 | 27.9 | |||||
| Race/ethnicity1 | |||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 4.7 | 95.3 | 77.4 | 22.6 | |||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 9.8 | 90.2 | 76.9 | 23.1 | |||||
| Hispanic | 5.8 | 94.2 | 80.1 | 19.9 | ! | ||||
| Other, non-Hispanic | 3.9 | 96.1 | 81.5 | ‡ | |||||
| Grade | |||||||||
| 6th | 9.4 | 90.6 | 82.3 | 17.7 | ! | ||||
| 7th | 9.3 | 90.7 | 75.7 | 24.3 | |||||
| 8th | 7.7 | 92.3 | 76.2 | 23.8 | |||||
| 9th | 4.8 | 95.2 | 90.8 | 9.2 | ! | ||||
| 10th | 4.0 | 96.0 | 68.8 | 31.2 | ! | ||||
| 11th | 2.7 | 97.3 | 84.3 | ‡ | |||||
| 12th | 2.0 | 98.0 | 62.0 | 38.0 | ! | ||||
| Household income | |||||||||
| Less than $7,500 | 8.8 | ! | 91.2 | 83.0 | ‡ | ||||
| $7,500–14,999 | 12.8 | 87.2 | 75.1 | 24.9 | ! | ||||
| $15,000–24,999 | 11.5 | 88.5 | 71.1 | 28.9 | |||||
| $25,000–34,999 | 5.5 | 94.5 | 73.1 | 26.9 | ! | ||||
| $35,000–49,999 | 4.6 | 95.4 | 78.1 | 21.9 | ! | ||||
| $50,000 or more | 3.5 | 96.5 | 84.5 | 15.5 | |||||
| Urbanicity2 | |||||||||
| Urban | 7.3 | 92.7 | 77.7 | 22.3 | |||||
| Suburban | 4.8 | 95.2 | 81.0 | 19.0 | |||||
| Rural | 5.9 | 94.1 | 70.7 | 29.3 | ! | ||||
| Self-report of grades at school3 | |||||||||
| Mostly A's | 3.0 | 97.0 | 75.4 | 24.6 | |||||
| Mostly B's | 5.2 | 94.8 | 71.5 | 28.5 | |||||
| Mostly C's | 9.5 | 90.5 | 84.7 | 15.3 | |||||
| Mostly D's | 15.6 | 84.4 | 90.8 | ‡ | |||||
| Mostly F's | 13.6 | ! | 86.4 | 75.0 | ‡ | ||||
| Student report of violent victimization at school4 | |||||||||
| Yes | 41.0 | 59.0 | 88.1 | 11.9 | ! | ||||
| No | 5.2 | 94.8 | 77.0 | 23.0 | |||||
| Student report of theft victimization at school4 | |||||||||
| Yes | 8.5 | 91.5 | 77.0 | ‡ | |||||
| No | 5.5 | 94.5 | 78.0 | 22.0 | |||||
| Sector | |||||||||
| Public | 5.9 | 94.1 | 77.6 | 22.4 | |||||
| Private | 2.9 | 97.1 | 86.4 | ‡ | |||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value. | |||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value. | |||||||||
| 1 "Other, non-Hispanic" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives). Beginning in 2003, students were given the option of identifying themselves as more than one race. Non-Hispanic students who identified themselves as more than one race in 2005 (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "other, non-Hispanic" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic origin were classified as Hispanic, regardless of their race. | |||||||||
| 2 Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau. | |||||||||
| 3 Students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported. | |||||||||
| 4 Victimization data are taken from the National Crime Victimization Survey Incident Report. | |||||||||
| NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and on the way to and from school. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,811,000 in 2005. | |||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2005. | |||||||||
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