| Percent of High School Students Feeling Unsafe or Experiencing Harassment or Bullying by Gender and State, 2013 |
|
Experienced Harassment or Bullying at School
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Experienced Electronic Bullying
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Did Not Go to School at Least One Day in the Past Month Because Felt Unsafe
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Girls
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Boys
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Girls
|
Boys
|
Girls
|
Boys
|
State
|
Percent
|
Rank
|
Percent
|
Rank
|
Percent
|
Rank
|
Percent
|
Rank
|
Percent
|
Rank
|
Percent
|
Rank
|
Alabama
|
23.4%
|
16
|
18.1%
|
20
|
18.3%
|
10
|
8.7%
|
11
|
8.6%
|
31
|
8.0%
|
29
|
Alaska
|
25.5%
|
28
|
16.0%
|
9
|
19.5%
|
16
|
10.1%
|
23
|
6.5%
|
10
|
5.0%
|
9
|
Arizona
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
7.8%
|
23
|
8.3%
|
31
|
Arkansas
|
29.2%
|
38
|
20.4%
|
33
|
24.4%
|
33
|
10.7%
|
28
|
8.9%
|
32
|
9.2%
|
38
|
California
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Colorado
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Connecticut
|
26.1%
|
30
|
17.9%
|
18
|
22.8%
|
30
|
12.3%
|
35
|
7.1%
|
15
|
6.6%
|
21
|
Delaware
|
20.4%
|
5
|
16.6%
|
13
|
17.5%
|
7
|
9.4%
|
17
|
9.2%
|
34
|
7.1%
|
24
|
District of Columbia
|
11.9%
|
1
|
9.7%
|
1
|
9.3%
|
1
|
6.3%
|
1
|
8.2%
|
25
|
9.0%
|
36
|
Florida
|
18.7%
|
4
|
12.8%
|
2
|
16.9%
|
4
|
7.8%
|
6
|
10.8%
|
37
|
9.6%
|
39
|
Georgia
|
21.1%
|
9
|
17.9%
|
18
|
16.4%
|
2
|
11.2%
|
31
|
6.7%
|
11
|
7.4%
|
28
|
Hawaii
|
18.4%
|
3
|
18.7%
|
25
|
18.6%
|
12
|
12.4%
|
36
|
8.3%
|
26
|
8.2%
|
30
|
Idaho
|
29.6%
|
39
|
21.3%
|
37
|
27.4%
|
39
|
10.6%
|
26
|
6.9%
|
14
|
5.4%
|
12
|
Illinois
|
24.4%
|
21
|
19.7%
|
28
|
22.6%
|
28
|
11.2%
|
31
|
8.3%
|
26
|
8.5%
|
32
|
Indiana
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Iowa
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Kansas
|
26.2%
|
31
|
18.2%
|
22
|
25.2%
|
35
|
9.0%
|
12
|
3.9%
|
1
|
3.8%
|
4
|
Kentucky
|
24.1%
|
20
|
18.6%
|
24
|
16.4%
|
2
|
9.9%
|
21
|
7.2%
|
16
|
6.6%
|
21
|
Louisiana
|
25.4%
|
27
|
22.7%
|
40
|
19.5%
|
16
|
13.9%
|
40
|
11.5%
|
39
|
14.1%
|
40
|
Maine
|
28.0%
|
35
|
20.5%
|
34
|
28.9%
|
41
|
12.7%
|
38
|
5.9%
|
8
|
4.8%
|
8
|
Maryland
|
20.9%
|
8
|
18.1%
|
20
|
17.2%
|
5
|
10.7%
|
28
|
8.5%
|
29
|
8.6%
|
34
|
Massachusetts
|
18.0%
|
2
|
15.0%
|
6
|
18.7%
|
13
|
9.0%
|
12
|
4.4%
|
2
|
2.8%
|
1
|
Michigan
|
28.8%
|
37
|
21.9%
|
38
|
25.2%
|
35
|
12.5%
|
37
|
7.2%
|
16
|
6.3%
|
17
|
Minnesota
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Mississippi
|
24.0%
|
19
|
14.5%
|
4
|
17.2%
|
5
|
6.5%
|
2
|
8.1%
|
24
|
8.6%
|
34
|
Missouri
|
30.4%
|
40
|
20.0%
|
31
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Montana
|
30.5%
|
41
|
22.3%
|
39
|
25.9%
|
37
|
10.6%
|
26
|
11.1%
|
38
|
6.5%
|
19
|
Nebraska
|
24.9%
|
24
|
17.0%
|
14
|
22.2%
|
26
|
9.7%
|
19
|
5.2%
|
4
|
3.4%
|
2
|
Nevada
|
23.0%
|
13
|
16.5%
|
12
|
21.6%
|
23
|
8.6%
|
9
|
13.2%
|
40
|
9.0%
|
36
|
New Hampshire
|
25.3%
|
26
|
19.9%
|
30
|
23.7%
|
32
|
12.8%
|
39
|
5.6%
|
7
|
5.7%
|
13
|
New Jersey
|
23.9%
|
18
|
18.8%
|
26
|
19.9%
|
19
|
9.9%
|
21
|
4.4%
|
2
|
7.1%
|
24
|
New Mexico
|
20.5%
|
6
|
16.0%
|
9
|
18.3%
|
10
|
8.1%
|
7
|
6.7%
|
11
|
5.9%
|
14
|
New York
|
22.3%
|
10
|
17.1%
|
15
|
20.4%
|
20
|
10.2%
|
24
|
7.6%
|
21
|
7.1%
|
24
|
North Carolina
|
24.4%
|
21
|
14.1%
|
3
|
17.8%
|
8
|
7.4%
|
3
|
7.3%
|
18
|
5.9%
|
14
|
North Dakota
|
27.4%
|
33
|
23.6%
|
41
|
22.6%
|
28
|
11.9%
|
33
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Ohio
|
23.4%
|
16
|
18.5%
|
23
|
22.1%
|
25
|
8.5%
|
8
|
5.3%
|
6
|
4.5%
|
6
|
Oklahoma
|
22.6%
|
11
|
14.8%
|
5
|
21.5%
|
22
|
7.4%
|
3
|
7.6%
|
21
|
3.7%
|
3
|
Oregon
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Rhode Island
|
20.5%
|
6
|
15.6%
|
8
|
19.3%
|
14
|
9.3%
|
15
|
6.8%
|
13
|
6.9%
|
23
|
South Carolina
|
23.1%
|
14
|
17.3%
|
16
|
17.9%
|
9
|
9.6%
|
18
|
9.5%
|
35
|
7.3%
|
27
|
South Dakota
|
27.7%
|
34
|
20.8%
|
36
|
21.8%
|
24
|
13.9%
|
40
|
6.0%
|
9
|
4.5%
|
6
|
Tennessee
|
25.1%
|
25
|
17.4%
|
17
|
21.4%
|
21
|
9.8%
|
20
|
7.3%
|
18
|
8.5%
|
32
|
Texas
|
22.9%
|
12
|
15.5%
|
7
|
19.3%
|
14
|
8.6%
|
9
|
8.9%
|
32
|
6.5%
|
19
|
Utah
|
23.1%
|
14
|
20.5%
|
34
|
22.2%
|
26
|
11.9%
|
33
|
8.3%
|
26
|
6.3%
|
17
|
Vermont
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
26.0%
|
38
|
10.3%
|
25
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
Virginia
|
24.8%
|
23
|
19.0%
|
27
|
19.5%
|
16
|
9.3%
|
15
|
5.2%
|
4
|
5.2%
|
11
|
Washington
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
N/A
|
|
West Virginia
|
28.3%
|
36
|
16.4%
|
11
|
27.4%
|
39
|
7.7%
|
5
|
8.5%
|
29
|
5.1%
|
10
|
Wisconsin
|
25.7%
|
29
|
19.8%
|
29
|
24.6%
|
34
|
10.9%
|
30
|
7.4%
|
20
|
4.2%
|
5
|
Wyoming
|
26.6%
|
32
|
20.0%
|
31
|
23.2%
|
31
|
9.2%
|
14
|
9.5%
|
35
|
6.0%
|
16
|
United States
|
23.7%
|
|
15.6%
|
|
21.0%
|
|
8.5%
|
|
8.7%
|
|
5.4%
|
|
Notes: N/A=not available. For students in grades 9–12.
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Source: IWPR compilation of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
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