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 | |