Figure 17.2. |
Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported being afraid of attack or harm during the previous 6 months, by location and race/ethnicity: 2005 |
! Interpret data with caution.
1 Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander,
and more than one race. For this report, non-Hispanic students who
identified themselves as more than one race were included in the Other
category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic origin
are classified as Hispanic, regardless of their race.
NOTE: "At school" includes the school building, on school property, on a
school bus, or going to and from school. Includes students who reported
that they sometimes or most of the time feared being victimized in this
way. In 2005, the unit response rate for this survey did not meet NCES
statistical standards; therefore, interpret the data with caution. For more
information, please see appendix A. Population size for students ages 12–18
is 25,811,000 in 2005.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School
Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2005.