| Table 151. | Percent of students (grades 7 to 12) who feel that certain problems are very serious: 1996 |
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| Tight | Hostile or | Threats | Turf | Physical |
| groups of |threatening |or destructive| battles |fights between | Gang
| friends | remarks | acts, other | between | members of |violence
Student |that do not| between | than |different| different |
characteristics |talk to one| groups of | physical |groups of| groups of |
| another | students | fights |students | friends |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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All students ......................| 10 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 26
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Location | | | | | |
Urban .............................| 11 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 36
Suburban ..........................| 11 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 21
Rural .............................| 8 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 17
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Sex | | | | | |
Male ..............................| 10 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 25
Female ............................| 10 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 26
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School level | | | | | |
7th and 8th grades ................| 9 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 31
9th through 12th grades ...........| 11 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 23
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | |
White .............................| 9 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 19
African American ..................| 12 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 40
Hispanic ..........................| 13 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 41
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SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc., The Metropolitan Life Survey of The American
Teacher, 1996. Part I. "Students Voice Their Opinions On: Violence, Social Tension and Equality Among
Teens." (This table was prepared July 1997.)
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