BULLYINGPOLL

Prepared for:

Equality Hawaii FoundationFebruary 2014

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___________________________Methodology• QMark Research conducted telephone interviews.

Random digit dialing. Landline and mobile telephones.– 442 Registered voters

• Oahu (302)• Big Island (64)• Maui County (46)• Kauai (30)

– Field dates 7/26/13 – 7/30/13– 18 years of age and older– Margin of error +/- 4.66 w/ 95% confidence level

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___________________________Bullying - explanation

3___________________________Respondents were presented with the above information.

“Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.”

74%Say bullying is a problem

___________________________General Perception

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Q. When you think about bullying in Hawaii schools today, do you think it is a major problem, a large problem but not major, a minor problem or not a problem at all?

Major prob-lem36%

Large problem39%

Minor problem

11%Not a

problem at all 2%

Don’t know12% Major Problem

58% - Filipinos43% - Hawaiians31% - Caucasians26% - Japanese

80% of those who believe they have been

directly impacted by bullying or know of

children that have been bullied believe bullying

is a Major/Large Problem

___________________________Personal Impact

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Overall, 57%of the voters polled have been impacted by bullying.

After being asked if they have been personally bullied while in school or if their own child or a child of friends or family had been bullied.

___________________________Personally been bullied

6_________________________Q. Remember back to when you were in school, yes or no, do you feel you personally were ever the victim of

bullying?

58% in 201242% in 2005

Personally Bullied47% - Caucasians27% - Japanese32% - Hawaiians31% - Filipinos

37% 37%

44% saidmy child/child of a friend

or family member has been bullied

___________________________Know of someone

7_________________________Q. Yes or no, has your own child or the child of friends or family been the victim of bullying?

54% - Caucasians29% - Japanese

44%48% - Females39% - Males

___________________________Legislative Action

8_________________________Q. How important is it for the state of Hawaii to address bullying? Would you say it is very important, somewhat important, somewhat unimportant or very unimportant?

Very im-portant

66%Somewhat important

26%

Somewhat unimportant

3%

Very unimportant3%

Don’t know2%

92% at least Somewhat important

Very Important77% - Females55% - Males

___________________________Respondent Profile

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OVERALL COMMENTSAREAOahuBig IslandMaui CountyKauai

70%14%11%5%

Target sample based on population estimates of adults 18 and older.

IDEOLOGYDemocratIndependentRepublican

46%31%14%

Majority of registered voters are Democrats or independents.

MARRIED 53% Half the registered voters polled are currently married.CHILD IN HSE 33% A third of the registered voters polled live with a child.AGE18-3435-4950-6465+MEAN

20%23%31%23%

50.88

Typical registered voter polled was 50.88 years of age.

ETHNICITYCaucasianHawaiianJapaneseFilipinoOther

31%20%16%14%17%

Data weighted to reflect estimates of ethnic breakdown on each specific island.

GENDERMaleFemale

48%52%

Targeted 50/50 split

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To learn more about these issues contact:

Equality Hawaii Foundation Contact:Phone: Email:

For questions about the poll and methodology contact:

QMark ResearchContact: Barbara AnkersmitPhone: 808-544-3020Email: barbara.ankersmit@anthologygroup.com