TABLE 1. Violence victimization measures — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019.

Violence victimization	Questionnaire item	Coding for analysis
Physical dating violence victimization	“During the past 12 months, how many times did someone you were dating or going out with physically hurt you on purpose? (Count such things as being hit, slammed into something, or injured with an object or weapon.)” [Question excludes students who did not date or go out with anyone during the previous 12 months.]	≥1 time versus 0 times; 1 time, 2 or 3 times, ≥4 times
Sexual dating violence victimization*	“During the past 12 months, how many times did someone you were dating or going out with force you to do sexual things that you did not want to do? (Count such things as kissing, touching, or being physically forced to have sexual intercourse.)” [Question excludes students who did not date or go out with anyone during the previous 12 months.]	≥1 time versus 0 times; 1 time, 2 or 3 times, ≥4 times
Sexual violence victimization by anyone†	“During the past 12 months, how many times did anyone force you to do sexual things that you did not want to do? (Count such things as kissing, touching, or being physically forced to have sexual intercourse.)”	≥1 time versus 0 times; 1 time, 2 or 3 times, ≥4 times
Bullied on school property	“During the past 12 months, have you ever been bullied on school property?”	Yes versus no
Electronically bullied	“During the past 12 months, have you ever been electronically bullied?”	Yes versus no

Abbreviation: YRBS = Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

* A total of 3,324 students had missing data for this variable, mostly attributed to the use of different versions of the YRBS questionnaire that did not include the sexual violence questions in certain selected schools.

^† A total of 3,439 students had data missing for this variable, mostly attributed to the use of different versions of the YRBS questionnaire that did not include the sexual violence questions in certain selected schools.