Table 18. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being afraid at school, on the way to and from school, and away from school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2003

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Table 18. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being afraid at school, on the way to and from school, and away from school during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics: 2003

	At school			On the way to and from school			Away from school
Student or school characteristic	Never/ Almost never	Sometimes/ Most of the time		Never/ Almost never	Sometimes/ Most of the time		Never/ Almost never	Sometimes/ Most of the time
Total	95.4	4.6		96.5	3.5		94.6	5.4

Sex
Male	95.6	4.4		97.3	2.7		96.0	4.0
Female	95.2	4.8		95.6	4.4		93.2	6.8

Race/ethnicity¹
White, non-Hispanic	96.7	3.3		98.1	1.9		96.2	3.8
Black, non-Hispanic	93.1	6.9		92.6	7.4		89.8	10.2
Hispanic	92.6	7.4		93.8	6.2		92.5	7.5
Other, non-Hispanic	95.7	4.3	!	97.5	2.5	!	96.1	3.9

Grade
6th	92.1	7.9		94.4	5.6		93.2	6.8
7th	93.7	6.3		95.2	4.8		93.3	6.7
8th	95.0	5.0		96.5	3.5		94.6	5.4
9th	94.7	5.3		97.1	2.9		95.7	4.3
10th	97.1	2.9		97.5	2.5		94.6	5.4
11th	96.5	3.5		97.0	3.0		95.3	4.7
12th	98.4	1.6		97.2	2.8		95.0	5.0

Household income
Less than $7,500	90.9	9.1		91.8	8.2		89.2	10.8
$7,500–14,999	92.2	7.8		93.1	6.9		92.0	8.0
$15,000–24,999	92.4	7.6		94.5	5.5		93.7	6.3
$25,000–34,999	95.2	4.8		96.5	3.5		94.3	5.7
$35,000–49,999	95.6	4.4		96.2	3.8		94.7	5.3
$50,000 or more	97.3	2.7		98.3	1.7		96.0	4.0

Urbanicity²
Urban	93.5	6.5		93.5	6.5		91.8	8.2
Suburban	96.3	3.7		97.7	2.3		95.6	4.4
Rural	95.7	4.3		97.7	2.3		95.9	4.1

Self-report of grades at school³
Mostly A's	97.1	2.9		97.8	2.2		96.1	3.9
Mostly B's	96.0	4.0		96.9	3.1		94.7	5.3
Mostly C's	92.4	7.6		94.4	5.6		92.9	7.1
Mostly D's	89.9	10.1		92.1	7.9		89.3	10.7
Mostly F's	89.8	10.2	!	88.1	11.9	!	86.8	13.2	!

Student report of violent victimization at school⁴
Yes	80.8	19.2		85.5	14.5		83.1	16.9
No	95.6	4.4		96.7	3.3		94.7	5.3

Student report of theft victimization at school⁴
Yes	90.3	9.7		94.5	5.5		88.7	11.3
No	95.6	4.4		96.6	3.4		94.8	5.2

Sector
Public	95.2	4.8		96.4	3.6		94.5	5.5
Private	98.4	1.6	!	97.7	2.3		95.2	4.8
! Interpret with caution.
¹ "Other, non-Hispanic" includes Asians, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians (including Alaska Natives). Beginning in 2003, students were given the option of identifying themselves as more than one race. Non-Hispanic students who identified themselves as more than one race in 2003 (1 percent of all respondents) were included in the "other, non-Hispanic" category. Respondents who identified themselves as being of Hispanic origin were classified as Hispanic, regardless of their race.
² Urbanicity refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) status of the respondent's household as defined in 1990 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
³ Students who responded that their schools did not give grades or there was no alphabetical equivalent are not reported.
⁴ Victimization data are taken from the National Crime Victimization Survey Incident Report.
NOTE: "Violent" victimization includes serious violent crimes (rape, sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) and simple assault. "At school" includes inside the school building, on school property, on a school bus, and on the way to and from school. Population size for students ages 12–18 was 25,684,000 in 2003. Detail may not sum to 100 percent because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), 2003.

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