Table 6. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting perceptions of adult and peer support at school, by selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006

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Table 6. Percentage of students ages 12–18 reporting perceptions of adult and peer support at school, by selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006–07
	Student has an adult to talk to			Student has an adult who helps with problems			Student has a friend to talk to			Student has a friend who helps with problems
	Student has an adult to talk to			Student has an adult who helps with problems			Student has a friend to talk to			Student has a friend who helps with problems
Student or school characteristic	Agree	Disagree		Agree	Disagree		Agree	Disagree		Agree	Disagree

Total	92.5	7.5		92.2	7.8		96.7	3.3		95.5	4.5

Sex
Male	91.4	8.6		91.3	8.7		95.7	4.3		94.4	5.6
Female	93.6	6.4		93.0	7.0		97.7	2.3		96.7	3.3

Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.6	5.4		93.7	6.3		97.7	2.3		96.4	3.6
Black, not Hispanic or Latino	88.7	11.3		89.3	10.7		94.3	5.7		94.1	5.9
Hispanic or Latino	88.8	11.2		89.1	10.9		95.2	4.8		94.1	5.9
All other races, not Hispanic or Latino¹	91.7	8.3		92.9	7.1		96.8	3.3		94.4	5.6

Grade
6th	95.2	4.8		93.7	6.3		94.9	5.1		93.5	6.5
7th	92.6	7.4		91.5	8.5		96.8	3.2		94.9	5.1
8th	92.8	7.2		93.1	6.9		95.4	4.6		95.1	4.9
9th	90.0	10.0		91.7	8.3		96.2	3.8		94.5	5.5
10th	92.6	7.4		91.3	8.7		97.9	2.1		96.6	3.4
11th	92.2	7.8		91.8	8.2		97.8	2.2		97.0	3.0
12th	92.9	7.1		92.7	7.3		97.1	2.9		96.6	3.4

Household income
Less than $7,500	87.3	12.7		83.6	16.4		92.8	7.2	!	94.0	6.0	!
$7,500-14,999	88.8	11.2		89.8	10.2		95.5	4.5	!	93.1	6.9
$15,000-24,999	89.1	10.9		91.2	8.8		93.1	6.9		93.3	6.7
$25,000-34,999	90.4	9.6		91.8	8.2		96.2	3.8		95.0	5.0
$35,000-49,999	93.2	6.8		91.7	8.3		96.8	3.2		95.8	4.2
$50,000 or more	94.7	5.3		93.2	6.8		98.0	2.0		96.3	3.7

Urbanicity²
Urban	90.4	9.6		90.2	9.8		95.0	5.0		94.3	5.7
Suburban	93.2	6.8		93.0	7.0		97.3	2.7		96.1	3.9
Rural	93.6	6.4		92.5	7.5		97.5	2.5		95.8	4.2

Self-report of grades in school³
Mostly A's	94.8	5.2		94.3	5.7		98.0	2.0		96.7	3.3
Mostly B's	93.2	6.8		92.9	7.1		96.9	3.1		96.4	3.6
Mostly C's	86.7	13.3		87.1	12.9		94.6	5.4		92.7	7.3
Mostly D's	87.8	12.2		87.3	12.7		93.3	6.7		90.2	9.8
Mostly F's	89.0	11.0	!	86.6	13.4	!	80.3	19.7	!	81.3	18.7	!

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	85.3	14.7		88.9	11.1	!	92.5	7.5	!	90.9	9.1	!
No	92.6	7.4		92.2	7.8		96.7	3.3		95.6	4.4

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	90.3	9.7		87.7	12.3		96.0	4.0	!	93.3	6.7
No	92.5	7.5		92.3	7.7		96.7	3.3		95.6	4.4

Sector
Public	92.2	7.8		91.9	8.1		96.6	3.4		95.4	4.6
Private	95.6	4.4		95.0	5.0		97.9	2.1	!	97.0	3.0
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is from 30 percent to 50 percent of the estimate’s value.
¹ "All other races, not Hispanic or Latino" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives) and respondents of two or more races. For this report, not Hispanic or Latino students who identified themselves as being of two or more races (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "all other races, not Hispanic or Latino" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic or Latino origin were classified as "Hispanic or Latino," 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 Rates for 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 Incident Report of the National Crime Victimization Survey and appended to the School Crime Supplement (SCS) data file. Readers should note the reference period for the victimization data is "the last 6 months" while the reference period for the SCS is "the last school year."
NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "Theft" includes attempted and completed purse snatching, completed pickpocketing, and all attempted and completed thefts, excluding motor vehicle theft. Theft does not include robbery, in which the threat or use of force is involved. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and on the way to and from school. Response options to the 2007 SCS questionnaire item include "strongly agree," "agree," "disagree," and "strongly disagree." For purposes of presenting the data in this table, "agree" includes "strongly agree" and "agree," and "disagree" includes "disagree" and "strongly disagree." Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,967,000 in 2007.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2007.

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