TABLE 1—
Vulnerable Groups and Bullying Perpetration: Minnesota Student Survey Participants, 2013
| Male, No. (%) | Female, No. (%) | |
| Vulnerable group | ||
| Sexual orientationa | ||
| Heterosexual | 36 166 (92.6) | 35 549 (91.4) |
| Discordant heterosexual | 956 (2.5) | 271 (0.7) |
| Bisexual | 528 (1.4) | 1 722 (4.4) |
| Gay/lesbian | 395 (1.0) | 269 (0.7) |
| Unsure | 1 016 (2.6) | 1 066 (2.7) |
| Overweight | ||
| Not overweight | 40 262 (74.0) | 43 758 (82.3) |
| 85th–< 95th percentile | 7 734 (14.2) | 6 229 (11.7) |
| ≥ 95th percentile | 6 400 (11.8) | 3 202 (6.0) |
| Disability | ||
| None | 47 649 (79.8) | 43 988 (73.5) |
| Physical | 6 380 (10.7) | 7 014 (11.7) |
| Mental health/emotional | 3 978 (6.7) | 6 088 (10.2) |
| Both | 1 673 (2.8) | 2 781 (4.6) |
| Bullying perpetration/involvement | ||
| Bullying perpetration | ||
| Physical | 9 932 (16.6) | 5 539 (9.2) |
| Relational | 7 895 (13.2) | 11 226 (18.7) |
| Any | 14 229 (23.8) | 14 431 (24.1) |
| Bullying involvement | ||
| None | 34 474 (58.2) | 28 486 (47.8) |
| Victim only | 10 695 (18.1) | 16 736 (28.1) |
| Perpetrator only | 4 614 (7.8) | 2 718 (4.6) |
| Perpetrator/victim | 9 481 (16.0) | 11 635 (19.5) |
| Any victimization | 20 176 (34.1) | 28 371 (47.6) |
a
Questions on sexual orientation were not asked of eighth-grade students.