Table 2.

Characteristics of Individuals Reporting Bullying Behavior, Cruelty to Animals, and Neither Behavior (N = 34,653)

Characteristic	None (N = 31,986)	Bullying (N = 1,968)	Cruelty to animals (N = 475)	χ2	p value
	% (SE)	% (SE)	% (SE)
Sex				64.17	.0000
Male	89.83 (0.38)	7.75 (0.33)	2.52 (0.17)
Female	95.26 (0.18)	4.26 (0.17)	0.48 (0.05)
Race				1.87	.0994
Hispanic	92.94 (0.54)	6.16 (0.51)	0.89 (0.16)
Asian/Alaskan/Indian/Native American	92.54 (0.89)	5.73 (0.78)	1.73 (0.48)
African American	91.77 (0.47)	6.63 (0.41)	1.59 (0.20)
White	92.78 (0.26)	5.79 (0.23)	1.43 (0.11)
Age				29.32	.0000
65+	97.33 (0.22)	2.03 (0.20)	0.63 (0.10)
50–64	93.72 (0.38)	4.56 (0.29)	1.72 (0.19)
35–49	92.10 (0.36)	6.43 (0.33)	1.46 (0.15)
18–34	88.80 (0.52)	9.57 (0.46)	1.63 (0.19)
Marital status				9.19	.0000
Married	93.18 (0.25)	5.43 (0.22)	1.39 (0.11)
Divorced	93.59 (0.39)	5.16 (0.35)	1.25 (0.15)
Single	89.81 (0.54)	8.55 (0.49)	1.65 (0.20)
Education				3.82	.0075
Less than high school	91.57 (0.55)	7.10 (0.52)	1.33 (0.23)
High school graduate	92.50 (0.37)	6.29 (0.35)	1.21 (0.13)
Some college or higher	93.01 (0.27)	5.47 (0.22)	1.52 (0.12)
Income (US$)				3.22	.0078
0–19,999	92.90 (0.31)	6.02 (0.29)	1.08 (0.11)
20,000–34,999	92.36 (0.40)	6.27 (0.35)	1.37 (0.16)
35,000–69,999	92.16 (0.42)	6.04 (0.37)	1.80 (0.20)
70,000+	92.95 (0.54)	5.18 (0.48)	1.87 (0.28)
Born in the United States				18.37	.0000
Yes	92.13 (0.23)	6.35 (0.20)	1.52 (0.09)
No	96.05 (0.38)	3.25 (0.33)	0.71 (0.17)
Conduct disorder				28.40	.0000
Yes	53.58 (3.47)	37.13 (3.09)	9.29 (2.48)
No	93.06 (0.23)	5.61 (0.20)	1.33 (0.08)
Lifetime alcohol use disorder				80.86	.0000
Yes	86.32 (0.42)	11.17 (0.38)	2.50 (0.18)
No	95.98 (0.19)	3.18 (0.16)	0.84 (0.08)
Lifetime illicit drug use disorder				63.84	.0000
Yes	79.28 (0.89)	16.90 (0.84)	3.82 (0.42)
No	94.16 (0.21)	4.70 (0.17)	1.14 (0.09)