Girls more likely than boys to be bullied, at school or electronically % ofhigh school students who reported being bullied the 12 months
Bullying rates have held steady in recent years, according to a survey of youth risk behaviors by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About a fifth of high school students (19% in 2017) reported being bullied on school property in the past 12 months, and 14.9% said they’d experienced cyberbullying (via texts, social media or other digital means) in the previous year. In both cases, girls, younger students, and students who identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual were more likely to say they’d been bullied.
Girls more likely than boys to be bullied,  | at school or electronically  | % ofhigh school students who reported being bullied  | in the  | the 12 months  | TOTAL  | GIRLS  | BOYS  | 22.1  | 22.3  | On school  | 21.2  | property  | 19.9  | 22.0  | 18.7  | 18.2  | 20.1  | 19. 7  | 19. 0  | 15. 6  | 16.2  | 14.9  | Electronically  | 9  | 10.8  | 2009  | 2013  | 2017  | Note: Electronic bullying includes by texting and on social media.  | Source: 2017 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Centers for Disease Control.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 