STATISTICS
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Bullying, cyberbullying and harassment jeopardize learning
Statistics on bullying and harassment
A 2010 research project studying 33 Toronto junior high and high schools reported that 49.5 per cent of students surveyed had been bullied online.
Between 4–12 per cent of boys and girls in grades 6 through 10 report having been bullied once a week or more.
Bullying, cyberbullying and harassment jeopardize learning
For boys, bullying behaviour peaks in grade nine at 47 per cent, while it peaks for girls in grades six, eight and nine at 37 per cent
In a 2007 survey of 13–15-year-olds, over 70 per cent reported having been bullied online and 44% reported having bullied someone at least once.
One in four students from grades seven to nine in an Alberta study reported experiencing cyberbullying.
Over 80 per cent of the time, bullying happens with peers around—and 57 per cent of the time, bullying stops within 10 seconds when a bystander steps in.
Canadian teachers ranked cyberbullying as their issue of highest concern out of six listed options—89 per cent said bullying and violence are serious problems in our public schools.
Victims of harassment report a loss of interest in school activities, more absenteeism, lower-quality schoolwork, lower grades, and more skipping/dropping classes, tardiness and truancy.
Young people who report lower academic achievement levels or negative feelings about the school environment are more likely to be involved in bullying.
71 per cent of teachers say they usually intervene with bullying problems; but only 25 per cent of students say that teachers intervene.
Over half of bullied children do not report being bullied to a teacher
Trends in bullying and harassment
Since 2002, fighting behaviour has increased, especially in grades six to eight. As many as 18 per cent of boys and 8 per cent of girls report having been in four or more fights in the past year.
Boys are more likely to experience direct forms of bullying (physical aggression) while girls experience more indirect forms of bullying including cyberbullying.
Sexual harassment is higher for boys in grades six and seven, but higher for girls in grades nine and ten.
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Statistics on Bullying as published by:
http://www.stopabully.ca/bullying-resources/bullying-statistics
CANADIAN BULLYING STATISTICS
A study on bullying by the Univrsity of British Columbia, based on 490 students (half female, half male) in Grades 8-10 in B.C.
- » 64 per cent of kids had been bullied at school.
- » 12 per cent were bullied regularly (once or more a week).
- » 13 per cent bullied other students regularly (once or more a week).
- » 72 per cent observed bullying at school at least once in a while.
- » 40 per cent tried to intervene.
- » 64 per cent considered bullying a normal part of school life.
- » 20-50 per cent said bullying can be a good thing (makes people tougher, is a good way to solve problems, etc.).
- » 25-33 per cent said bullying is sometimes OK and/or that it is OK to pick on losers.
- » 61-80 per cent said bullies are often popular and enjoy high status among their peers.
Source: Centre For Youth Social Development, UBC Faculty of Education
- 1 in 5 Canadian Teens have witnessed online Bullying
- 25% of kids between 12-15 have witnessed cyberbullying
- 25% of girls and 17% of boys have witnessed online harassment
- 51% of all teens have had negative experience with social networking
- 16% said someone posted an embarassing photo of them
- 12% said someone hacked their account
Source: Ipsos Reid 2011 Survey of 416 Canadian Teenagers
Canada Bullying Statistics and Facts:
- Punching, shoving, teasing, spreading bad rumours, keeping certain people out of a group, getting certain people to "gang-up" on others are all forms of bullying
- One in seven Canadian children aged 11 to 16 are victims of bullying
- 25% of children in grades 4 to 6 have been bullied
- Bullying occurs once every 7 minutes on the playground and once every 25 minutes in the classroom
- In majority of cases, bullying stops within 10 seconds when peers intervene
- bullied children are more likely to suffer from depression in adulthood.
- * Between 10% and 15% of high school students are victims.
- * 11% of secondary students bully other youngsters at least once a year.
- * 31% of students say they would participate in the bullying of a youth they dislike.
Source: Craig &. Pepler, 1997
Cyberbullying Statistics
* 90% of parents are familiar with cyberbullying; 73% are either very or somewhat concerned about it.
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2 in 5 parents report their child has been involved in a cyberbullying
incident; 1 in 4 educators have been cyber-harassment victims.
* 73%
of educators are familiar with the issue and 76% believe cyberbullying
is a very or somewhat serious problem at their school.
* Educators consider cyberbullying (76%) as big an issue as smoking (75%) and drugs (75%).
The study adds that "the most commonly experienced form of cyberbullying
is when someone takes a private email, IM, or text message and forwards it to someone
else or posts the communication publicly"
*38% of girls online report being bullied, compared with 26% of online boys.
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Nearly 4 in 10 social network users (39%) have been cyberbullied,
compared with 22% of online teens who do not use social networks (all
from
Pew, 2007).
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Statistics on Bullying as published by: Respect Ed
http://www.stopabully.ca/bullying-resources/bullying-statistics
Public Safety Canada
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The National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS)
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In Canada, studies suggest that roughly 6% of students4 aged 12 to 19, report bullying others on a weekly basis, 8% report that they are victims of bullying weekly, and 1% report that they are both victimized and bully others on a weekly basis (Volk, Craig, Boyce and King, 2003; Rivers and Smith, 1994; Haynie et. al., 2001). Bullying surveys also indicate that many more boys than girls report being victims of bullying and almost all boys named male peers as the aggressors (Totten, Quigley and Morgan, 2004). A recent self report survey on delinquency among Toronto youth indicates that 16% of youths in grades 7 to 9 had been bullied on more than 12 occasions during the year prior to the survey (Statistics Canada, 2007).
- Physical bullying: Research conducted in Canada, Europe and the United States has shown that roughly 10 to 15 percent of students aged 11 to 15 admitted being involved in weekly physical bullying (Craig and Yossi, 2004; Sourander, Helstela, Helenius and Piha, 2000; Duncan, 1999). Physical bullying peaks in grades 6-8, and gradually declines thereafter. More specifically, this research suggests that boys were twice as likely to report frequent bullying than girls, while both genders reported an equal frequency of victimization (Canadian Public Health Association Safe School Study, 2003a). An additional 25-30% of students reported involvement in monthly physical bullying, and unlike the findings associated with weekly bullying behaviours, more boys than girls reported being victimized on a monthly basis (CPHS, 2003).
- Verbal bullying: 10-15% of all students reported involvement in weekly verbal bullying. Approximately twice as many students reported being victims of verbal bullying than engaging in verbal bullying themselves. No significant differences between girls and boys were found in this type of bullying (Solberg and Olweus, 2003).
- Social bullying: Students who engage in social bullying are not likely to get caught. Instead, their harmful intentions are masked because the consequences cannot always be seen or heard. In one Canadian study, 41% of all students in grades 4 to 7 reported that they were victims of bullying and/or bullied others monthly. 7% of these students said they were victims of social bullying on a weekly basis, and 2% reported that they bullied other students socially on a weekly basis. Girls are more likely than boys to bully socially and to be victims of this form of bullying (Totten, Quigley and Morgan, 2004).
- Elementary school: In a survey of students aged 4 to 14 years in 16 Toronto schools (Kindergarten to grade 8), 20% of children reported being victimized more than once or twice during a term (Charach, Pepler, & Ziegler, 1995).
- High school: A study of Canadian high school students found that 10-15% of students reported being bullied at least once within a one week period (Pepler, Craig & Connolly, 2003).
- Frequency: A Canadian study using behavioural observation of children interacting at school revealed that bullying on the playground occurs once every seven minutes in primary grades. While classrooms had a more pro-social atmosphere, the rate of bullying was still quite high at once every 25 minutes (Pepler & Craig, 1997).
- Gender differences in elementary school: A Canadian report revealed that 5% of boys and 7% of girls aged 4 to 11 years were victimized by others (Craig, Peters and Konarski, 1998).
- Gender differences in middle school and high school: A 2001-2002 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey conducted by a research group from Queen's University reported on prevalence rates of bullying in middle school and high school (Craig, 2004). In grades six to ten, 10-13% of boys reported being bullied once or twice per month or more, with prevalence rates peaking in grade ten. For girls in the same grades, 4-11% reported being bullied once or twice per month or more, with prevalence rates peaking in grade eight.
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