TABLE 2. Percentage of high school students who experienced violence victimization,* by demographic characteristics and type of violence — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019.
| Characteristic | Experienced physical dating violence† |
Experienced sexual dating violence§ |
Experienced sexual violence by anyone¶ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | p value** | % (95% CI) | p value** | % (95% CI) | p value** | |
|
Total
|
8.2 (7.2–9.4)
|
NA
|
8.2 (7.4–9.1)
|
NA
|
10.8 (9.9–11.7)
|
NA
|
|
Sex
| ||||||
| Female |
9.3 (8.0–10.8) |
0.01 |
12.6 (11.2–14.2) |
<0.01 |
16.6 (15.1–18.2) |
<0.01 |
| Male |
7.0†† (5.8–8.4) |
NA |
3.8†† (3.1–4.7) |
NA |
5.2†† (4.4–6.1) |
NA |
|
Race/Ethnicity
| ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic |
7.5 (6.4–8.7) |
0.43 |
8.1 (6.9–9.6) |
0.11 |
10.2 (9.1–11.4) |
0.23 |
| Black, non-Hispanic |
8.2 (6.1–10.8) |
NA |
6.2 (4.5–8.6) |
NA |
10.3 (8.0–13.1) |
NA |
| Hispanic |
8.9 (7.4–10.8) |
NA |
8.7 (6.9–10.8) |
NA |
12.2 (10.6–14.0) |
NA |
|
Sexual identity
| ||||||
| Heterosexual |
7.2 (6.2–8.3) |
0.01 |
6.7 (5.9–7.5) |
<0.01 |
9.0 (8.2–9.9) |
<0.01 |
| Lesbian, gay, or bisexual |
13.1§§ (10.5–16.1) |
NA |
16.4§§ (12.7–20.9) |
NA |
21.5§§ (18.2–25.2) |
NA |
| Not sure |
16.9§§ (11.1–24.9) |
NA |
15.0§§ (9.5–23.0) |
NA |
16.2§§ (11.7–22.0) |
NA |
|
Characteristic
|
Bullied on school property
|
Electronically bullied
|
— |
— |
||
|
Total
|
19.5 (18.2–20.9)
|
NA |
15.7 (14.6–16.9)
|
NA |
— |
— |
|
Sex
| ||||||
| Female |
23.6 (21.8–25.5) |
<0.01 |
20.4 (18.9–22.0) |
<0.01 |
— |
— |
| Male |
15.4§§ (14.0–16.9) |
NA |
10.9†† (9.6–12.4) |
NA |
— |
— |
|
Race/Ethnicity
| ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic |
23.1 (21.4–24.8) |
<0.01 |
18.6 (17.1–20.2) |
<0.01 |
— |
— |
| Black, non-Hispanic |
15.1¶¶ (13.1–17.4) |
NA |
8.6¶¶ (7.4–10.0) |
NA |
— |
— |
| Hispanic |
14.8¶¶ (12.8–17.1) |
NA |
12.7¶¶,*** (11.1–14.5) |
NA |
— |
— |
|
Sexual identity
| ||||||
| Heterosexual |
17.1 (15.7–18.7) |
<0.01 |
14.1 (12.9–15.4) |
<0.01 |
— |
— |
| Lesbian, gay, or bisexual |
32.0§§ (29.5–34.6) |
NA |
26.6§§ (23.3–30.2) |
NA |
— |
— |
| Not sure | 26.9§§ (22.2–32.2) | NA | 19.4§§,††† (15.5–24.0) | NA | — | — |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; NA = not applicable; YRBS = Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
* During the 12 months before the survey.
† Being physically hurt on purpose (counting such things as being hit, slammed into something, or injured with an object or weapon) by someone they were dating or going out with, ≥1 time, among the 66.1% (n = 8,703) of students nationwide who dated or went out with someone during the 12 months before the survey.
§ Being forced to do “sexual things” (counting such things as kissing, touching, or being physically forced to have sexual intercourse) they did not want to do by someone they were dating or going out with, ≥1 time, among the 66.2% (n = 6,847) of students nationwide who dated or went out with someone during the 12 months before the survey. Of 13,677 students, this variable was missing for 3,324, mostly attributed to the use of different versions of the YRBS questionnaire that did not include the sexual violence questions in certain selected schools. This resulted in complete data for 10,353 students, of which 66.2% (6,847) reported dating in the 12 months before the survey.
¶ Being forced to do “sexual things” (counting such things as kissing, touching, or being physically forced to have sexual intercourse) they did not want to do by anyone, ≥1 time, during the 12 months before the survey. Data were missing for 3,439 students 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.
** Chi-square test (p<0.05).
†† Significantly different from female students, based on t-test (p<0.05).
§§ Significantly different from heterosexual students, based on t-test (p<0.05).
¶¶ Significantly different from white students, based on t-test (p<0.05).
*** Significantly different from black students, based on t-test (p<0.05).
††† Significantly different from lesbian, gay, or bisexual students, based on t-test (p<0.05).