Table 1.
Prevalence of bullying victimization by sex, race/ethnicity, and grade, National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2013
| In-person and electronic (n = 1144) | In-person only (n = 1355) | Electronic only (n = 732) | Not bullied (n = 10 256) | p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||
| Total | 9.2 (8.5–10.0) | 10.4 (9.8–11.2) | 5.6 (5.0–6.2) | 74.8 (73.3e76.2) | |
| Sex | <0.0001 | ||||
| Female | 13.1 (11.8–14.5) | 10.6 (9.9–11.4) | 7.9 (6.9–9.0) | 68.4 (66.4–70.3) | |
| Male | 5.3 (4.7–6.0) | 10.2 (9.2–11.4) | 3.3 (2.7–4.0) | 81.2 (79.5–82.9) | |
| Race/ethnicity | <0.0001 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 4.3 (3.6–5.1) | 8.4 (7.1–9.9) | 4.4 (3.4–5.7) | 82.9 (81.0–84.6) | |
| Hispanic | 7.7 (6.4–8.2) | 10.0 (8.7–11.6) | 5.1 (4.2–6.2) | 77.2 (74.7–79.4) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 10.8 (9.8–12.0) | 10.9 (9.8–12.2) | 6.1 (5.2–7.1) | 72.2 (69.8–74.4) | |
| Grade | <0.0001 | ||||
| 9th | 11.4 (9.9–13.1) | 13.6 (12.3–15.0) | 4.7 (3.8–5.8) | 70.3 (67.9–72.7) | |
| 10th | 9.6 (8.3–11.2) | 12.6 (11.0–14.4) | 4.8 (3.9–6.1) | 73.0 (70.3–75.5) | |
| 11th | 8.5 (7.0–10.3) | 8.3 (7.1–9.7) | 6.4 (5.4–7.5) | 76.9 (74.5–79.0) | |
| 12th | 6.8 (5.8–7.9) | 6.6 (5.3–8.1) | 6.7 (5.9–7.7) | 80.0 (77.7–82.1) |
CI = confidence interval.
a
P-values compare distributions (chi-square statistics) of bullying victimization by demographic characteristics.