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. 2020 Aug 21;69(1):28–37. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.su6901a4

TABLE 3. Frequency of types of violence victimization,* by demographic characteristics among high school students reporting experiencing specific types of violence — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2019.

Type of violence victimization Sex
Race/Ethnicity
Male
% (95% CI) Female
% (95% CI) p value White, non-Hispanic
% (95% CI) Black, non-Hispanic
% (95% CI) Hispanic
% (95% CI) p value
Experienced physical dating violence§
NA
NA
<0.01
NA
NA
NA
0.21
1 time
38.0 (32.2–44.2)
51.7 (44.2–59.2)
NA
47.9 (39.7–56.2)
47.5 (37.6–57.7)
40.9 (31.3–51.3)
NA
2 or 3 times
20.4 (14.2–28.4)
26.7 (21.6–32.5)
NA
25.5 (18.7–33.8)
16.7 (10.3–25.9)
27.0 (19.5–36.0)
NA
≥4 times
41.6 (34.6–48.9)
21.6 (16.9–27.1)
NA
26.6 (20.1–34.3)
35.8 (25.0–48.2)
32.1 (24.9–40.3)
NA
Experienced sexual dating violence
NA
NA
0.05
NA
NA
NA
0.39
1 time
33.3 (23.8–44.4)
44.0 (36.5–51.8)
NA
42.2 (33.7–51.2)
29.0 (15.5–47.6)
45.0 (33.3–57.3)
NA
2 or 3 times
25.7 (16.8–37.2)
35.2 (28.4–42.6)
NA
32.3 (25.8–39.4)
38.6 (23.8–56.0)
33.3 (22.3–46.5)
NA
≥4 times
41.0 (28.0–55.3)
20.8 (15.3–27.6)
NA
25.5 (18.8–33.7)
32.4 (15.4–55.7)
21.6 (14.4–31.2)
NA
Experienced sexual violence by anyone**
NA
NA
0.01
NA
NA
NA
0.36
1 time
36.6 (28.7–45.4)
47.3 (42.8–52.0)
NA
47.6 (41.2–54.1)
39.7 (30.0–50.2)
44.0 (36.6–51.6)
NA
2 or 3 times
29.5 (21.8–38.6)
34.1 (29.9–38.5)
NA
31.2 (26.3–36.6)
34.9 (27.1–43.7)
34.5 (28.1–41.6)
NA
≥4 times 33.9 (25.3–43.8) 18.6 (15.2–22.5) NA 21.2 (16.1–27.4) 25.4 (17.1–36.0) 21.5 (15.7–28.7) NA

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; NA = not applicable; YRBS = Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

* During the 12 months before the survey.

Chi-square test (p<0.05).

§ 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, ≥1time, 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 during the 12 months before the survey. These 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.