Data Summary - West Virginia
Note: Not all data is available for all states
| Variable | Statistic | Source* |
|---|---|---|
| Student Victimization and Perpetration | ||
| Prevalence Percent of HS Students Who Carried a Weapon Anywhere in the Past 30 Days (1997) | 25.5 | e | Prevalence Percent of HS Students Who Carried a Gun Anywhere in the Past 30 Days (1997) | 9.4 | e | Prevalence Percent of HS Students Who Carried a Weapon on School Property in the Past 30 Days (1997) | 10.8 | e | Prevalence Percent of HS Students Who Have Been Threatened or Injured With a Weapon on School Property in the past 30 Days (1997) | 7.8 | e | Prevalence Percent of HS Students Who Have Been in a Physical Fight on School Property in the Past 30 Days (1997) | 13.1 | e | Prevalence Percent of students who felt unsafe to go to school in the past 30 days (1997) | 5.7 | e |
| Juvenile Crime | Number of persons under 18 charged with a violent crime | 151 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with a property crime | 2505 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with murder or non-neg. manslaughter | 9 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with forcible rape | 10 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with robbery | 47 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with aggravated assault | 85 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with burglary) | 472 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with larceny or theft | 1790 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with motor vehicle theft | 218 | f | Number of persons under 18 charged with Arson | 25 | f |
| Population | Total Child Population under age 18 (1999) | 403500 | c | Percent of total state pop. living in poverty (average between years 1996-1997) | 17.5 | b | Percent of children in poverty, 1998 | 25 | c | Percent of children in poverty (rank), 1998 | 44 | c | Percent low birth-weight babies, 1998 | 8 | c | Percent low birth-weight babies (rank), 1998 | 34 | c | Infant mortality rate, 1998 | 8 | c | Infant mortality rate (rank), 1998 | 34 | c | Teen birth rate, 1998 | 26 | c | Teen birth rate (rank), 1998 | 25 | c | Percent of children living with parents who do not have full-time, year-round employment, 1998 | 37 | c | Percent of children living with parents who do not have full-time, year-round employment (rank), 1998 | 50 | c | Percent of teens who are high school dropouts, 1998 | 8 | c | Percent of teens who are high school dropouts (rank), 1998 | 16 | c | Percent of teens not attending school and not working, 1998 | 10 | c | Percent of teens not attending school and not working (rank), 1998 | 37 | c |
| Schools | Total student membership in public schools, Fall 1998 | 297530 | c | Total number of Guidance Counselors employed by public schools, Fall 1998 | 640 | c | Total student/teacher ratio in public schools, Fall 1998 | 14.2 | c |
| Gun-Free Schools Act Expulsions | Number of Students Expelled for Gun-Free Schools Act Violations 1997-98 | 17 | a | Number Students expelled for carrying a gun to school: academic year 1996-97 | 27 | d |
* Data Sources
- Westat (1999). Report on State Implemenation of the Gun-Free Schools Act- School Year 1997-98. Rockville, Maryland.
- Dalaker, J. & Naifeh, M. U.S. Census Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P60-201, Poverty in the United States: 1997, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1998 ( pg ix).
- Annie E. Casey Foundation. 2001 KIDS COUNT Data Book Online: Definitions and Data Sources. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
kc2001/definitions.htm - Westat (1998). Report on State Implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act- School Year 1996-97. Rockville, Maryland
- Kann, L. (1998). Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-United States, 1997. In MMWR. Vol. 47 (No. SS-3), p. 39-46.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, 1996 (Washington, D.C.: USGPO, 1997, pp. 272-279) in Maguire, K. & Pastore, A.L., eds., Sour cebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1997. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureaur of Justice Statistics. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1998. (Table 4.5)
