This statistic presents the percentage of middle and high school students in the United States who were and have cyber bullied, divided by gender of the students. During the April 2019 survey, it was found that 38.7 percent of female students had ever been bullied online. Cyber bullying includes unwanted contact by threatening or insulting the respondent via digital communications as well as sharing private information online.
Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of bullying and gender
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Cyberbullying Research Center. (July 9, 2019). Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of bullying and gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291034/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-and-gender/
Cyberbullying Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of bullying and gender." Chart. July 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291034/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-and-gender/
Cyberbullying Research Center. (2019). Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of bullying and gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291034/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-and-gender/
Cyberbullying Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. Middle and High School Students Who Were Cyber Bullied as of April 2019, by Type of Bullying and Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291034/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-and-gender/
Cyberbullying Research Center, Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of bullying and gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291034/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-and-gender/ (last visited June 13, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who were cyber bullied as of April 2019, by type of bullying and gender [Graph], Cyberbullying Research Center, July 9, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291034/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-type-and-gender/