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. 2025 Aug 20;18(4):861–869. doi: 10.1007/s40653-025-00730-0

Table 1.

The distribution of unprotected sex and bullying victimization among school-going Argentinian adolescents aged 12–17; by sex

Total Traditional bullying Cyberbullying Unprotected sex
Males Females Males Females Males Females
n (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Age
 < 14 10,719 (21.1) 23.2 27.4 14.1 20.9 18.8 21.9
 14–15 25,758 (47.3) 18.8 25.2 16.6 27.9 17.5 23.8
 ≥ 16 19,965 (31.6) 16.5 20.6 17.8 28.6 18.6 28.1
p-value < 0.001 < 0.001 0.013 < 0.001 0.685 0.031
Grade
 8th 8550 (14.8) 23.0 27.1 15.1 23.6 18.1 25.3
 9th 11,872 (27.0) 20.0 27.3 15.1 24.5 16.5 24.7
 10th 12,370 (23.3) 17.2 23.5 17.5 28.6 17.4 25.0
 11th 13,137 (18.9) 18.3 22.4 17.7 29.1 19.6 28.6
 12th 9474 (16.0) 16.0 20.0 17.6 27.2 19.8 25.9
p-value < 0.001 0.005 0.098 0.004 0.491 0.393
Psychological distress
 No 42,841 (76.4) 16.6 18.5 13.8 19.8 17.1 24.5
 Yes 13,109 (23.6) 32.1 36.8 30.6 41.6 21.5 28.5
p-value < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.009 0.019
Substance use
 No 52,387 (93.1) 19.0 23.9 15.7 25.5 17.6 24.8
 Yes 3949 (6.9) 18.7 29.9 26.2 42.9 21.2 33.0
p-value 0.866 0.008 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.045 0.006
Age at sexual debut < 14
 No 13,721 (64.1) 17.2 22.6 20.0 34.3 16.1 24.8
 Yes 6842 (35.9) 17.8 32.6 20.4 40.0 19.6 30.3
p-value 0.653 < 0.001 0.751 0.053 0.002 0.009