Risk and protective factors associated with being bullied on school property compared with cyberbullied

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Bullying Victimization According to Selected Demographic Variables

			During the past 12 months, have you ever been bullied on school property?			During the past 12 months, have you ever been electronically bullied? (Count being bullied through email, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting.)			Bullied to Cyber-bullied Ratio
	Weighted Number	Weighted %	%	Estimate	95 % CI	%	Estimate	95 % CI	Ratio
Sex
Male	88704	51.3	17.61	1.00	Referent	9.69	1.00	Referent	1.82
Female	84154	48.7	22.27	1.26	1.20–1.33	21.57	2.26	2.04–2.43	1.03
Grade
9^th	46795	27.1	24.56	1.75	1.61–1.89	15.79	1.11	1.00–1.23	1.56
10^th	43948	25.5	22.02	1.57	1.45–1.70	16.33	1.15	1.02–1.28	1.35
11^th	41331	24.0	17.60	1.25	1.14–1.37	15.42	1.08	0.96–1.22	1.14
12^th	40394	23.4	14.05	1.00	Referent	14.23	1.00		0.99
Race/Ethnicity
White	107293	62.7	22.07	1.00	Referent	17.79	1.00	Referent	1.24
Black	23996	14.0	12.69	0.58	0.53–0.63	8.81	0.50	0.44–0.56	1.44
Hispanic/Latino	24117	14.1	17.96	0.81	0.75–0.88	13.19	0.74	0.66–0.84	1.36
All other races	15795	9.2	21.68	0.98	0.89–1.08	17.25	0.97	0.85–1.10	1.26

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