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. 2008 Apr 30;8:145. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-145

Table 1.

Sources of intentional injury in past 12 months among adolescents aged 14–17 years

Variables Boys: period prevalence % (95% CI)

Pohnpei n = 712 Tonga n = 502 Vanuatu n = 1576
Father 26 (18–35) 15 (12–18) 10 (8 -11)
Mother 23 (15–31) 12 (7 -16) 6 (5 -8)
Teacher(s) 13 (9–16) 14 (11–17) 7 (5 -9)
Police 13 (10–15) 11 (8 -14) 5 (3 -6)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend 31 (25–37) 27 (22–32) 12 (10–13)
Other person 38 (35–41) 41 (36–46) 21 (18–24)
Any above 62 (53–72) 58 (52–65) 33 (30–36)
Girls: period prevalence % (95% CI)

Pohnpei n = 763 Tonga n = 668 Vanuatu n = 1478

Father 24 (21–26) 10 (7 -14) 10 (8 -11)
Mother 39 (33–44) 11 (9 -14) 10 (7 -12)
Teacher(s) 7 (6 -8) 10 (7 -12) 5 (3 -7)
Police 4 (3 -4) 4 (3 -6) 2 (2 -3)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend 24 (22–27) 18 (15–22) 8 (6 -10)
Other person 22 (20–23) 24 (20–28) 10 (9 -12)
Any above 56 (52–60) 41 (35–46) 24 (21–27)

n = number with non-missing value of any of the category.

95% CI adjusted for clustering effect by school and corrected for finite population sampling.