This statistic presents the percentage of students in the United States who were cyber bullied, divided by student reports of personal fear, avoidance behaviors, fighting, and weapon carrying at school. During the school year 2012-13, 11.7 percent of students between the ages of 12 and 18 years who were cyber bullied feared attack or harm at their school. 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. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by victim behavior
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is 30 to 50 percent of the estimate’s value
*Includes fear of attack at school and on the way to or from school. Includes respondents who "sometimes" or "most of the time" were fearful at school.
**Includes the entrance into the school, hallways or stairs, parts of the cafeteria, restrooms, and other places inside the school building.
***Includes guns, knives, or objects that can be used as weapons.
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US Department of Education, & NCES. (April 30, 2015). Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by victim behavior [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291050/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-victim-behavior/
US Department of Education, und NCES. "Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by victim behavior." Chart. April 30, 2015. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291050/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-victim-behavior/
US Department of Education, NCES. (2015). Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by victim behavior. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291050/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-victim-behavior/
US Department of Education, and NCES. "Percentage of U.S. Students Who Were Cyber Bullied as of School Year 2012-2013, by Victim Behavior." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291050/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-victim-behavior/
US Department of Education & NCES, Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by victim behavior Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291050/cyber-bullying-share-of-us-students-by-victim-behavior/ (last visited June 06, 2020)
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