• In 2001, 12 percent of students ages 12 through 18 reported that someone at school had used hate-related words against them (table 14.1). That is, in the 6 months prior to the survey, someone at school called them a derogatory word having to do with race, religion, ethnicity, disability, gender, or sexual orientation. Over 4 percent of respondents reported that the hate-related words related to their race, about 3 percent reported that the hate-related words related to their ethnicity or gender, and between 1 and 2 percent reported that the hate-related words related to their religion, disability, or sexual orientation.
• In both 1999 and 2001, 36 percent of students saw hate-related graffiti at school (table 14.2).
• In 2001, there were no differences measured by race/ethnicity or gender in students' likelihood of reporting either being called hate-related words or seeing hate-related graffiti at school (tables 14.1 and 14.2 and figure 14.1). However, there were differences among these groups in terms of exposure to specific types of hate-related words. For example, females were more likely to report gender-related hate words than males, and Blacks were more likely to report race-related hate words than Whites (4 percent of females vs. 1 percent of males and 8 percent of Blacks vs. 3 percent of Whites).
• Students in public schools were more likely than students in private schools to report being called hate-related words or to see hate-related graffiti in 2001 (tables 14.1 and 14.2).

*This indicator has been updated to include 2001 data.