ED388439 PS023764
Title: Student Victimization at School. Statistics in Brief.
Author(s): Nolin, Mary Jo; And Others
Author Affiliation: Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD.(BBB22888)
Pages: 9
Publication Date: October 1995
Sponsoring Agency: National Center for Education Statistics (ED),
Washington, DC. (EDD00004)
Report No: NCES-95-204
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Reports--Research
(143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1996
Government Level: Federal
This report
presents information on personal student victimization from the
1993 National Household Education Survey (NHES), based on the responses
of 6,504 students in grades 6 through 12 who were surveyed. The
data indicate that unsafe conditions at school are a reality for
most students in the United States. The report found that 56 percent
of the respondents had personally witnessed some type of crime or
victimization at school, including bullying, physical attack, or
robbery, and that 71 percent reported that such incidents happened
at their schools. Nearly 25 percent of students reported worrying
about becoming victims of crime or threats at school, while 12 percent
reported being victimized at school. More elementary, middle, and
junior high school students reported being worried about becoming
victims at school
than did senior high school students. The report also found that
students at private schools were less likely to witness, worry about,
or experience victimization at school, and that girls were less
likely than boys to be victimized. A discussion of survey methodology
and data reliability is included. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences; *Bullying; *Elementary School Students;
Elementary Secondary Education; National Surveys; Private Schools;
Public Schools; Research Methodology; *Secondary School Students;
Sex Differences; *Student Attitudes; *Victims of Crime; *Violence
Identifiers: Child Safety; National Household Education Survey
