Student Reports of Bullying Results From the 2017 School ...

1 WEB. TABLES. Student Reports of Bullying : Results From the 2017 School crime Supplement to the national crime Victimization Survey DEPARTMENT OF education . NCES 2019-054 JULY 2019. The tables in this report include students of Two or more races; Section 2 displays detailed data from the 2017 School crime and the percentage of students information on Student -reported Supplement (SCS) to the national eligible for free or reduced-priced experiences of being bullied, crime Victimization Survey lunch. Not all respondents in the including location, repetition, (NCVS).

2 1 These tables show the SCS data file could be matched to power imbalance, type of extent to which students with a School in the CCD or the PSS. Bullying , and impacts of Bullying different characteristics report victimization reported by students being bullied, including estimates The SCS tables show the ages 12 through 18, by selected by Student sex, race/ethnicity, relationship between reported Student and School characteristics grade, and household income. Bullying victimization and other (tables ). The Census Bureau (Census) crime -related variables, such appended additional data from as reported presence of gangs, Section 3 displays the percentages the 2015 16 Common Core of Data guns, drugs, alcohol, and hate- of students who reported being (CCD) and the 2015 16 Private related graffiti at School ; selected bullied at School , by Student School Universe Survey (PSS) to School security measures; Student Reports of other unfavorable the SCS data to show the extent criminal victimization; and School conditions.

3 Selected to which Bullying victimization is personal fear, avoidance behaviors, School security measures; criminal reported by students in schools fighting, and weapon carrying at victimization at School ; and with different School . personal fear, avoidance behaviors, School characteristics appended fighting, and weapon carrying at to the file are region; sector (public The tables are grouped into School (tables ). or private); locale; level; enrollment three sections. size; Student -to-full-time- RELATED national center . equivalent (FTE) teacher ratio; the Section 1 is an overview table, FOR education statistics .

4 Percentage of combined Black/ showing the number and (NCES) Reports . African American, Hispanic/Latino, percentage of students ages 12. Student Reports of Bullying : Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other through 18 who reported being Results From the 2015 School Pacific Islander, and American bullied at School , by type of crime Supplement to the national Indian/Alaska Native students and Bullying experienced (table ). These Web Tables were prepared for the national center for education statistics under Contract No. ED-IES-12D-0010/0004 with Synergy Enterprises, Incorporated (SEI).

5 Mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations does not imply endorsement by the Government. This Web Tables Report was prepared by Melissa Seldin and Christina Yanez of SEI. crime Victimization Survey (NCES the sample, all persons in the In 2017, a total of 7,146 NCVS. 2017-015). household ages 12 and older respondents were screened for pubs2017 participate in the NCVS every the 2017 SCS, 6,189 met the criteria 6 months (for a total of seven for completing the survey, and Student Victimization in interviews over a 3-year period) 6,117 met the additional criteria Schools: Results From the 2015 to determine the extent of their for inclusion in this Details School crime Supplement to the victimization during the 6 months about specific variables used to national crime Victimization Survey preceding the interview.

6 Define the report criteria appear in (NCES 2018-106rev). https://nces. the Variables Used table. Respondents complete the SCS. Repetition and Power Imbalance after finishing the NCVS. All NCVS All interviews for the 2017 NCVS/. in Bullying Victimization at School respondents ages 12 through SCS are administered using (NCES 2018-093). https://nces. 18 are eligible to complete the computer-assisted interviewing. SCS. The SCS is administered Among newly sampled NCVS. between January and June of the households, the NCVS/SCS. Changes in Bullying Victimization year of data collection.

7 In 2017, interview is administered and Hate-Related Words at School approximately 93,700 sampled face-to-face while interviews Since 2007 (NCES 2018-095). households were eligible to with recurring households are participate in the NCVS, and those administered face-to-face or pubs2018 NCVS households included 13,695 by telephone. members ages 12 through 18. Students' Relationships in School After completing the NCVS, youth The survey data file used to and Feelings About Personal Safety ages 12 through 18 in participating produce the SCS estimates, as at School (NCES 2018-096).

8 Households must also meet certain well as the SCS questionnaire, is criteria specified in a set of SCS available for download through pubs2018 screening questions. These criteria the Inter-University Consortium Indicators of School crime and require students to be currently for Political and Social Research Safety: 2017 (NCES 2018-036). enrolled in a primary or secondary (ICPSR) via the Student Surveys education program leading to a link at the NCES crime and Safety pubs2018 high School diploma or enrolled Surveys portal, located at http://. sometime during the School year The of the interview, not enrolled in final data file is available in multiple DATA.

9 Fifth grade or under,3 and not software formats and contains The estimates presented in the exclusively homeschooled during variables collected in the SCS and tables originate from the 2017. the School cleared for release. Additionally, SCS to the NCVS. The SCS collects selected variables that were information about Student and For students to be included in this collected in the NCVS Basic Screen School characteristics related to report, additional criteria were Questionnaire (NCVS-1) and NCVS. criminal victimization on a national applied. Students had to be crime Incident Report (NCVS-2), level.

10 The SCS was conducted in enrolled in grades 6 through and selected School characteristics 1989, in 1995, and biennially since 12 and could not have received from the CCD or PSS, are appended 1999 as a supplement to the NCVS. any part of their education to the SCS data file. Census selects addresses for the through homeschooling during NCVS using a stratified, multistage the School year. cluster sampling design. Within 2. Nationally representative race/ethnicity and census region MISSING DATA. estimates were computed using variables showed significant When calculating column totals, the weight variable SCS PERSON differences in response rates readers should note that there WEIGHT.