State-Level Prevalence of Bullying Victimization Among Children and Adolescents, National Survey of Children’s Health, 2016-2017

Bullying is a serious public health issue among children and adolescents in the United States. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of bullying victimization (defined as a child being bullied, picked on, or excluded by children) in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. We used data on bullying victimization from the 2016-2017 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). We stratified the sample by age: children aged 6-11 years (n = 21 142) and adolescents aged 12-17 years (n = 29 011). We conducted bivariate analyses to determine the prevalence of bullying victimization by state for each age group. In the survey, parents/caregivers responded to a question about whether it was “definitely true,” “somewhat true,” or “not true” that their child “is being bullied, picked on, or excluded by other children.” We combined “definitely true” and “somewhat true” responses to create a dichotomous variable for bullying victimization. Parents reported 22.4% of children aged 6-11 years and 21.0% of adolescents aged 12-17 years as experiencing bullying victimization during 2016-2017. The prevalence of bullying victimization among children ranged from 16.5% in New York State to 35.9% in Wyoming and among adolescents ranged from 14.9% in Nevada to 31.6% in Montana. The prevalence of bullying victimization among children or adolescents was >30% in 7 states: Arkansas, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. These data can be used to inform state programs and policies to support bullying prevention efforts and services for children and adolescents who experience bullying. NSCH will continue to collect data on bullying victimization to track annual trends in national and state-level prevalence rates among children and adolescents.

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Bullying Victimization and Perpetration among U.S. Children and Adolescents: 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health

Journal of Child and Family Studies ◽

10.1007/s10826-018-1170-9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (9) ◽

pp. 2543-2557 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Lydie A. Lebrun-Harris ◽

Laura J. Sherman ◽

Susan P. Limber ◽

Bethany D. Miller ◽

Elizabeth A. Edgerton

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

National Survey ◽

Children's Health ◽

Children’S Health ◽

Bullying Victimization

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Family functioning as a mediator between neighborhood conditions and children's health: Evidence from a national survey in the United States

Social Science & Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.039 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 74 (12) ◽

pp. 1939-1947 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Yingling Fan ◽

Qian Chen

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Family Functioning ◽

National Survey ◽

The United States ◽

Children's Health ◽

Children’S Health ◽

Neighborhood Conditions

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Food Insecurity in the Households of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disabilities in the U.S.: Analysis of the National Survey of Children’s Health Data 2016 - 2018

10.1101/2021.03.29.21254546 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Arun Karpur ◽

Vijay Vasudevan ◽

Angela Lello ◽

Thomas W. Frazier ◽

Andy Shih

Keyword(s):

Food Insecurity ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

National Survey ◽

State Level ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Cost Of Care ◽

Children's Health ◽

Financial Strain ◽

Children’S Health ◽

Children With Asd

AbstractIndividuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and co-occurring Intellectual Disabilities (ASD + ID) experience substantial challenges in accessing needed supports. This research aimed to understand the prevalence and factors associated with food insecurity among families of children with ASD + ID. Utilizing the National Survey of Children’s Health (2016-18) data, this paper illustrated that the households of children with ASD + ID were about two times more likely to be food insecure than the households of children without disabilities. Further, the households of children with ASD were 1.5 times more likely, and those with other disabilities were 1.3 times more likely to be food insecure than the households of children without disabilities. Implications of these findings in the context of the COVID19 pandemic are discussed.Lay AbstractFamilies of children with ASD are more likely to experience financial strain and resulting food insecurity due to additional cost of care, disparate access to needed services, and loss of income resulting from job loss. Utilizing nationally representative data, this analysis indicates that the families of children with ASD + ID are twice as likely to experience food insecurity than families of children without disabilities after adjusting for various factors. Several factors, ranging from state-level policies such as Medicaid expansion to individual-level factors such as higher utilization of emergency room services, were associated with the higher prevalence of food insecurity in families of children with ASD + ID. Implications of these findings on programs and policies supporting families in the COVID19 pandemic are discussed.

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