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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2006 Aug;118(2):e235–e242. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-2509

TABLE 3.

Child-Reported Victimization by Peers “Sometimes” or Greater in the Past Year

Parameter Frequency, n (%)
Female/Male Ratio
Age 6–9 (N = 78) Age 10–13 (N = 34) Combined (N = 112)
Bullied by others 28 (35.9) 8 (23.5) 36 (32.1) 1.6:1
Teased by others/made fun of me 43 (55.1) 20 (58.8) 63 (56.3) 1.3:1
Subject of lies/rumors 39 (50) 10 (29.4) 49 (43.8) 1.3:1
Experienced social exclusion 36 (46.2) 11 (32.4) 47 (42) 1.8:1
Told would not be liked unless I did something 34 (43.6) 7 (20.6) 41 (36.6) 1.4:1
My race was made fun of with namesa 8 (23.5) 8 (7.1) 1:1
Overall victim 61 (78.2) 21 (61.8) 82 (73.2) 1.2:1
a

Asked only of older children.