Table 13. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school, by types of bullying, and selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006

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Table 13. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied at school, by types of bullying, and selected student and school characteristics: School year 2006–07
	Were made fun of, called names, or insulted	Had rumors spread about them	Were threatened with harm		Were pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on	Were made to do things they did not want to do		Were purposely excluded from activities		Suffered purposeful destruction of property
Student or school characteristic	Were made fun of, called names, or insulted	Had rumors spread about them	Were threatened with harm		Were pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on	Were made to do things they did not want to do		Were purposely excluded from activities		Suffered purposeful destruction of property
Total	21.0	18.1	5.8		11.0	4.1		5.2		4.2

Sex
Male	20.3	13.5	6.0		12.2	4.8		4.6		4.0
Female	21.7	22.8	5.6		9.7	3.4		5.8		4.4

Race/ethnicity
White, not Hispanic or Latino	23.5	20.3	6.3		11.5	4.8		6.1		4.2
Black, not Hispanic or Latino	19.5	15.7	5.8		11.3	3.2		3.7		5.6
Hispanic or Latino	16.1	14.4	4.9		9.9	3.0		4.0		3.6
All other races, not Hispanic or Latino¹	14.9	13.8	3.7		8.6	2.8	!	4.2		2.5	!

Grade
6th	31.2	21.3	7.0		17.6	5.4		7.4		5.2
7th	27.6	20.2	7.4		15.8	4.1		7.7		6.0
8th	25.1	19.7	6.9		14.2	3.6		5.4		4.6
9th	20.3	18.1	4.6		11.4	5.1		4.5		3.5
10th	17.7	15.0	5.8		8.6	4.6		4.6		3.4
11th	15.3	18.7	4.9		6.5	4.2		3.9		4.4
12th	12.1	14.1	4.3		4.1	2.1		3.5		2.4

Household income
Less than $7,500	18.9	17.2	7.1		9.1	3.2	!	‡		5.0	!
$7,500-14,999	22.4	19.1	8.4		13.6	2.5	!	6.1	!	6.1	!
$15,000-24,999	19.7	17.3	7.0		11.6	4.1		4.8		5.2
$25,000-34,999	20.0	20.9	6.5		11.1	3.2		5.9		3.9
$35,000-49,999	21.8	18.0	6.1		12.1	4.6		5.8		4.1
$50,000 or more	21.5	17.3	4.9		9.8	4.1		5.5		3.9

Urbanicity²
Urban	20.0	15.5	5.2		9.2	3.6		4.9		4.2
Suburban	21.1	17.4	5.7		11.2	4.1		5.0		4.0
Rural	22.1	24.1	7.0		13.1	5.1		6.3		4.9

Self-report of grades at school³
Mostly A's	19.0	15.9	3.6		8.4	3.3		5.3		3.2
Mostly B's	20.1	17.4	5.0		10.2	4.5		4.9		3.6
Mostly C's	24.1	21.0	9.0		15.7	4.3		4.8		6.2
Mostly D's	32.8	30.4	19.7		22.6	6.8		9.4		9.8
Mostly F's	43.0	60.1	35.2		33.4	13.5	!	12.5	!	21.6	!

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	63.3	43.6	59.7		49.9	18.6		16.5		22.4
No	20.3	17.7	4.9		10.4	3.9		5.0		3.9

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	38.2	36.7	16.4		18.3	13.8		12.7		14.5
No	20.4	17.5	5.5		10.7	3.8		5.0		3.9

Sector
Public	21.1	18.3	6.2		11.4	4.2		5.2		4.1
Private	20.1	16.0	1.3	!	6.5	3.6		5.9		5.0
! 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 "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: Bullying only includes victimization by other students. "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. 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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