This statistic shows the share of American high school students in grades 9 to 12 who stated they have been in a physical fight on one or more occasions in 2017, by gender and ethnicity. About 37.2 percent of male student respondents with a black, non-Hispanic background stated they have been in a physical fight on one or more occasions during the 12 months before the survey.
Percentage of U.S. high school students who were in a physical fight in 2017, by gender and ethnicity
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CDC. (June 15, 2018). Percentage of U.S. high school students who were in a physical fight in 2017, by gender and ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/222103/us-students-who-were-in-a-physical-fight-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
CDC. "Percentage of U.S. high school students who were in a physical fight in 2017, by gender and ethnicity." Chart. June 15, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222103/us-students-who-were-in-a-physical-fight-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
CDC. (2018). Percentage of U.S. high school students who were in a physical fight in 2017, by gender and ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222103/us-students-who-were-in-a-physical-fight-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
CDC. "Percentage of U.S. High School Students Who Were in a Physical Fight in 2017, by Gender and Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222103/us-students-who-were-in-a-physical-fight-by-gender-and-ethnicity/
CDC, Percentage of U.S. high school students who were in a physical fight in 2017, by gender and ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222103/us-students-who-were-in-a-physical-fight-by-gender-and-ethnicity/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. high school students who were in a physical fight in 2017, by gender and ethnicity [Graph], CDC, June 15, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/222103/us-students-who-were-in-a-physical-fight-by-gender-and-ethnicity/