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- The majority of students
had not experienced violence, such as fights and threats
with weapons, especially on school property.
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- Males were more likely to
experience most forms of violence than females, and
younger students were more likely to be involved in
incidents involving weapons and fights than were older
students. See
Figure 1
.
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- Males were four times more
likely than females to carry a weapon, three times more
likely to carry a weapon on school property, and eight
times more likely to carry a gun. See
Figure 2
.
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- Students who belong to a
racial/ethnic minority were more than three times as
likely as white students to have missed school recently
because they did not feel safe. See
Figure 3
.
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- Three times as many ninth
and tenth graders as twelfth graders had been threatened
or injured with a weapon on school property.
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- Males were nearly twice as
likely as females and ninth graders nearly twice as likely
as twelfth graders to have been in a physical fight in the
previous year.
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- Males were twice as likely
as females and ninth graders twice as likely as twelfth
graders to have been in a physical fight on school
property.
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- Ninth graders were twice
as likely as eleventh graders to require treatment for an
injury received in a fight.
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- One in eight students had
been physically hurt on purpose by a boyfriend or
girlfriend. This was consistent for both sexes, all
grades, and black and white students.
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- More females than males
reported feeling depressed, considering suicide, and
making a suicide plan. See
Figure 4
.
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- Hispanic students were
nearly twice as likely as black students to consider
suicide, and black students were nearly twice as likely as
white students to attempt suicide.
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- Ninth and tenth graders
were nearly twice as likely as eleventh and twelfth
graders to attempt suicide. See
Figure 5
.
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