Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being afraid of attack or threat of attack during the previous 6 months, by location and selected student and school characteristics: Selected years, 1995–2003
At School | Away for School | ||||||
characteristic |
1995 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
Total |
11.8 |
7.3 |
6.4 |
6.1 |
5.7 |
4.6 |
5.4 |
Male |
10.8 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
5.3 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
Female |
12.8 |
8.2 |
6.4 |
6.9 |
7.4 |
5.6 |
6.8 |
White |
8.1 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
Black |
20.3 |
13.5 |
8.9 |
10.7 |
8.7 |
6.3 |
10.0 |
Hispanic |
20.9 |
11.7 |
10.6 |
9.5 |
8.9 |
6.5 |
7.4 |
Other |
13.5 |
6.7 |
6.4 |
5.0 |
5.4 |
6.6 |
3.9 |
6th |
14.3 |
10.9 |
10.6 |
10.0 |
7.8 |
6.3 |
6.8 |
7th |
15.3 |
9.5 |
9.2 |
8.2 |
6.1 |
5.5 |
6.7 |
8th |
13.0 |
8.1 |
7.6 |
6.3 |
5.5 |
4.4 |
5.3 |
9th |
11.6 |
7.1 |
5.5 |
6.3 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
10th |
11.0 |
7.1 |
5.0 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
4.2 |
5.3 |
11th |
8.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
5.9 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
12th |
7.8 |
4.8 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
6.1 |
3.3 |
4.9 |
Urban |
18.4 |
11.6 |
9.7 |
9.5 |
9.1 |
7.4 |
8.1 |
Suburban |
9.8 |
6.2 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
Rural |
8.6 |
4.8 |
6.0 |
4.7 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
Public School |
12.2 |
7.7 |
6.6 |
6.4 |
5.8 |
4.6 |
5.4 |
Private School |
7.3 |
3.6 |
4.6 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
5.1 |
4.7 |