Predicting School Bullying Victimization: Focusing on Individual and School Environmental/Security Factors

Table 2

Descriptive statistics (N = 12,987).

Variables	𝑁	%	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Missing
							𝑁	%
Bullying victimization	11,950	92.02					1,037	7.98
0: none	8,044	67.31
1: physical bullying	339	2.84
2: emotional bullying	2,053	17.18
3: physical and emotional bullying	1,514	12.67
School characteristics
Security guards (1: yes)	8,471	70.42					957	7.37
Locked doors (1: yes)	6,924	61.15					1,664	12.81
Security cameras (1: yes)	7,366	70.20					2,494	19.20
Fairness of school rules			9.21	1.50	3.00	12.00	1,055	8.12
Awareness of school rules			3.20	.59	1.00	4.00	963	7.42
Awareness of punishments			3.05	.62	1.00	4.00	995	7.66
Gangs at school (1: yes)	2,798	26.85					2,564	19.74
Guns at school (1: yes)	643	5.41					1,100	8.47
Students misbehaving			2.47	.94	1.00	4.00	991	7.63
Teachers’ punishment			2.71	.86	1.00	4.00	1,020	7.85
Type of school (1: private)	989	8.18					889	6.85
School location (1: urban)	9,808	75.52					0	0
Individual/demographic characteristics
Skipping classes (1: yes)	826	6.92					1,052	8.10
Fighting last 6 months (1: yes)	713	5.93					970	7.47
Teacher-student relationship			6.41	1.06	2.00	8.00	988	7.61
Extracurricular activities (1: yes)	8,066	66.88					927	7.14
GPA (5: As)			4.10	.84	1.00	5.00	1,153	8.88
Age			14.83	1.90	12.00	18.00	0	0
Race (1: nonwhite)	2,628	20.24					0	0
Ethnicity (1: hispanic)	2,308	17.80					23	.18
Sex (1: males)	6,605	50.86					0	0
Year							0	0
0: 2005	6,833	52.61
1: 2007	6,154	47.39

Note: cumulative frequency may not be equal to the sample size (𝑛 = 12,987) due to missing values.
%: valid percent.