U.S. Millennials: actions taken to stop cyber bullying 2012 | Statista

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This statistic presents information on the share of US Millennials who have taken actions to stop cyber bullying (other than asking the bully to take a post down) as of April 2012, by school status. During the survey, it was found that 30 percent of college students have contacted the website on which cyber bullying appeared to try to get the post taken down.

Actions taken by U.S. Millennials to stop cyber bullying as of April 2012, by school status

Characteristic	High school students	College students	Non-students
Contact the website to try to get post taken down	22%	30%	25%
Ask a friend advice about what to do	20%	17%	17%
Tell a parent, teacher, or administrator	18%	9%	6%
Post something about the person who posted a bullying post	11%	8%	8%

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Release date

August 2012

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 8 to April 30, 2012

Number of respondents

1,311 respondents

Special properties

Millennials

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The source does not provide information regarding the age of the respondents.

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