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. 2015 Mar;105(3):e66–e72. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302393

TABLE 1—

Demographic Characteristics, Technology Use, and Cyberbullying Experiences in a Probability Sample of Middle-School Students (n = 1185): Supplement to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Los Angeles County, CA, 2012

Characteristic Unweighted No. (Weighted %) or Mean ±SD
Age, y 12.29 ±0.86
Gender
 Male 586 (51.70)
 Female 587 (48.30)
 Missing 12
Race/ethnicity
 American Indian or Alaska Native 17 (0.41)
 Asian 57 (3.40)
 Black or African American 83 (18.31)
 Hispanic or Latino 730 (59.62)
 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 16 (1.82)
 White 119 (15.18)
 Mixed 86 (1.26)
 Missing 77
Sexual identity
 Homosexual, gay, or lesbian 19 (1.82)
 Bisexual 35 (3.39)
 Heterosexual 1048 (94.70)
 Questioning 1 (0.09)
 Missing 37
Cell phone status
 Has a cell phone 832 (70.87)
 Has a smartphone 601 (52.14)
 Missing 21
Texts
 Sends ≥ 50 texts/d 497 (43.96)
 Missing 82
Internet hours
 Spends 3 h/d on Internet 303 (26.33)
 Missing 90
Internet rules
 Has Internet rules at home 600 (54.72)
 Missing 90
Cyberbullying
 None 888 (84.16)
 Cyberbully only 50 (4.98)
 Cybervictim only 60 (6.59)
 Cyberbully–victim 32 (4.27)
 Missing 155