Archived: Student Strategies to Avoid Harm at School: Table 1

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TABLE 1. -- Percentage of students reporting the use of any strategy to avoid harm at school,¹ by school and student characteristic: 1993

Characteristic Number of students in grades 6 through 12 (thousands)
Some strategy or combination of strategies used No strategy used
Percent s.e. Percent s.e.

Total 24,060 50 0.8 50 0.8

School grade level²
Elementary school 2,663 58 3.1 42 3.1
Middle or junior high school 7,418 60 1.5 40 1.5
Senior high school1 1,539 43 1.2 57 1.2
Combined 2,440 40 5.3 60 5.3

School type³
Public, assigned 19,507 50 0.9 50 0.9
Public, chosen 2,683 57 2.1 43 2.1
Private 1,870 31 2.0 69 2.0

School size⁴
Under 300 2,632 46 2.8 54 2.8
300-599 7,820 50 1.6 50 1.6
600-999 6,176 50 1.8 50 1.8
1,000 or more 7,433 50 1.4 50 1.4

Student's race/ethnicity and school racial composition⁵
White in mostly white school 9,598 43 1.8 57 1.8
White in racially mixed school 6,449 48 1.6 52 1.6
White in mostly nonwhite school 789 46 4.4 54 4.4
Black in mostly black school 1,055 59 2.9 41 2.9
Black in racially mixed school 1,958 61 4.2 39 4.2
Black in mostly nonblack school 814 60 4.0 40 4.0
Other race/ethnicity-school combination 3,399 61 2.1 39 2.1

Student's race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 16,835 45 1.2 55 1.2
Black, non-Hispanic 3,826 60 2.4 40 2.4
Hispanic 2,636 62 2.2 38 2.2
Other races 762 56 7.3 44 7.3

Sex
Male 12,040 49 1.0 51 1.0
Female 12,020 50 1.1 50 1.1

Knows of incidents
Yes 17,002 56 1.1 44 1.1
No 7,058 35 2.2 65 2.2

Witnessed incidents
Yes 13,425 57 0.9 43 0.9
No 10,636 40 1.1 60 1.1

Worried about being victimized
Yes 6,045 1.2 22 1.2
No ..... 18,015 40 0.8 60 0.8
Victimized
Yes 2,784 74 2.2 26 2.2
No 21,276 47 0.8 53 0.8

Characteristic	Number of students in grades 6 through 12 (thousands)
Some strategy or combination of strategies used	No strategy used
Percent	s.e.	Percent	s.e.
Total	24,060	50	0.8	50	0.8
School grade level²
Elementary school	2,663	58	3.1	42	3.1
Middle or junior high school	7,418	60	1.5	40	1.5
Senior high school1	1,539	43	1.2	57	1.2
Combined	2,440	40	5.3	60	5.3
School type³
Public, assigned	19,507	50	0.9	50	0.9
Public, chosen	2,683	57	2.1	43	2.1
Private	1,870	31	2.0	69	2.0
School size⁴
Under 300	2,632	46	2.8	54	2.8
300-599	7,820	50	1.6	50	1.6
600-999	6,176	50	1.8	50	1.8
1,000 or more	7,433	50	1.4	50	1.4
Student's race/ethnicity and school racial composition⁵
White in mostly white school	9,598	43	1.8	57	1.8
White in racially mixed school	6,449	48	1.6	52	1.6
White in mostly nonwhite school	789	46	4.4	54	4.4
Black in mostly black school	1,055	59	2.9	41	2.9
Black in racially mixed school	1,958	61	4.2	39	4.2
Black in mostly nonblack school	814	60	4.0	40	4.0
Other race/ethnicity-school combination	3,399	61	2.1	39	2.1
Student's race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	16,835	45	1.2	55	1.2
Black, non-Hispanic	3,826	60	2.4	40	2.4
Hispanic	2,636	62	2.2	38	2.2
Other races	762	56	7.3	44	7.3
Sex
Male	12,040	49	1.0	51	1.0
Female	12,020	50	1.1	50	1.1
Knows of incidents
Yes	17,002	56	1.1	44	1.1
No	7,058	35	2.2	65	2.2
Witnessed incidents
Yes	13,425	57	0.9	43	0.9
No	10,636	40	1.1	60	1.1
Worried about being victimized
Yes	6,045	1.2	22	1.2
No .....	18,015	40	0.8	60	0.8
Victimized
Yes	2,784	74	2.2	26	2.2
No	21,276	47	0.8	53	0.8

¹ Includes school activities during the day and on the way to or from school.

² Schools were classified according to the lowest and highest grades at the school. Schools in which the lowest grade was 3 or less and the highest grad was 8 or less were classifies as elementary. Middle or junior high schools were those that had a low grade of 4 through 9 and a high grade was of 4 through 9. Senior high schools had a ow grade of 7 through 12 and a high grade of 10 through 12. Schools that did not precisely meet these qualifications were classified as "combined".

³ School type was defined by the parents of the students who were interviewed as an assigned public school, a public school that was chosen by the family, or private school.

⁴ School size was determined by the estimate of parents of students who were asked to choose from among the following four categories: Under 300, 300 to 599, 600 to 999, or 1,000 or more. Parents who were only able to estimate the number of students in their child's grade were allowed to do so, and that answer was converted to size of school based upon the number of grades in the school.

⁵ School racial composition was measured by parent reports. Schools were characterized as having more than 75 percent of students in the same racial/ethnic group as the child, between 25 and 75 percent, or less than 25 percent in the same racial/ethnic group.

NOTE: s.e. is standard error. Number of students may not add to totals die to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, 1993.