1. BULLYING POLL Prepared for: Equality Hawaii Foundation February 2014 ___________________________

2. Methodology QMark Research conducted t elephone 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 2 ___________________________

3. 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.”

4. 74% Say bullying is a problem ___________________________ General Perception 4 ___________________________ 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 Problem 58% - Filipinos 43% - Hawaiians 31% - Caucasians 26% - 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

5. ___________________________ Personal Impact 5 ___________________________ 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.

6. ___________________________ 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 2012 42% in 2005 Personally Bullied 47% - Caucasians 27% - Japanese 32% - Hawaiians 31% - Filipinos 37%

7. 44% said my 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% - Caucasians 29% - Japanese 44% 48% - Females 39% - Males

8. ___________________________ 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? 92% at least Somewhat important Very Important 77% - Females 55% - Males

9. ___________________________ Respondent Profile 9 ___________________________ OVERALLCOMMENTS AREA Oahu Big Island Maui County Kauai 70% 14% 11% 5% Target sample based on population estimates of adults 18 and older. IDEOLOGY Democrat Independent Republican 46% 31% 14% Majority of registered voters are Democrats or independents. MARRIED53%Half the registered voters polled are currently married. CHILD IN HSE33%A third of the registered voters polled live with a child. AGE 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ MEAN 20% 23% 31% 23% 50.88 Typical registered voter polled was 50.88 years of age. ETHNICITY Caucasian Hawaiian Japanese Filipino Other 31% 20% 16% 14% 17% Data weighted to reflect estimates of ethnic breakdown on each specific island. GENDER Male Female 48% 52% Targeted 50/50 split

10. ___________________________ 10 ___________________________ To learn more about these issues contact: Equality Hawaii Foundation Contact: Phone: Email: For questions about the poll and methodology contact: QMark Research Contact: Barbara Ankersmit Phone: 808-544-3020 Email: barbara.ankersmit@anthologygroup.combarbara.ankersmit@anthologygroup.com