Table 1.
Bullying Victimization According to Selected Demographic Variables
| During the past 12 months, have you ever been bullied on school property? | During the past 12 months, have you ever been electronically bullied? (Count being bullied through email, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting.) | Bullied to Cyber-bullied Ratio | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted Number | Weighted % | % | Estimate | 95 % CI | % | Estimate | 95 % CI | Ratio | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 88704 | 51.3 | 17.61 | 1.00 | Referent | 9.69 | 1.00 | Referent | 1.82 |
| Female | 84154 | 48.7 | 22.27 | 1.26 | 1.20–1.33 | 21.57 | 2.26 | 2.04–2.43 | 1.03 |
| Grade | |||||||||
| 9th | 46795 | 27.1 | 24.56 | 1.75 | 1.61–1.89 | 15.79 | 1.11 | 1.00–1.23 | 1.56 |
| 10th | 43948 | 25.5 | 22.02 | 1.57 | 1.45–1.70 | 16.33 | 1.15 | 1.02–1.28 | 1.35 |
| 11th | 41331 | 24.0 | 17.60 | 1.25 | 1.14–1.37 | 15.42 | 1.08 | 0.96–1.22 | 1.14 |
| 12th | 40394 | 23.4 | 14.05 | 1.00 | Referent | 14.23 | 1.00 | 0.99 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||
| White | 107293 | 62.7 | 22.07 | 1.00 | Referent | 17.79 | 1.00 | Referent | 1.24 |
| Black | 23996 | 14.0 | 12.69 | 0.58 | 0.53–0.63 | 8.81 | 0.50 | 0.44–0.56 | 1.44 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 24117 | 14.1 | 17.96 | 0.81 | 0.75–0.88 | 13.19 | 0.74 | 0.66–0.84 | 1.36 |
| All other races | 15795 | 9.2 | 21.68 | 0.98 | 0.89–1.08 | 17.25 | 0.97 | 0.85–1.10 | 1.26 |
Data source: Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 2013