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. 2012 Jul 18;7(7):e38619. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038619

Table 5. Adjusted OR (95% CI ) for Bullying, Victimization and Bully-victim by multi-level logistic regression.

Covariates Bully Victim Bully-Victim*
Adjusted OR 95%CI Adjusted OR 95%CI Adjusted OR 95%CI
Gender (Girl vs. Boy) 1.04 0.88–1.22 1.06 0.94–1.20 1.07 0.89–1.29
Grade (Junior vs. Senior) 0.36 0.27–0.48# 0.57 0.45–0.72# 0.26 0.18–0.36#
Pocket money (RMB)
<100 1.00 1.00 1.00
100–199 1.09 0.90–1.30 0.84 0.73–0.96 1.07 0.87–1.31
≥200 1.31 1.00–1.69 1.01 0.83–1.23 1.27 0.96–1.69
Living arrangement
Two biological parents - - 1.00 - -
Only father or mother - - 1.04 0.83–1.29 - -
Others - - 1.09 0.94–1.26 - -
Parental care
Satisfaction 1.00 1.00 1.00
General 1.30 1.06–1.59# 1.09 0.95–1.25 1.35 1.08–1.69#
Dissatisfaction 1.70 1.24–2.32# 1.28 1.07–1.53# 1.85 1.31–2.59#
Communication with parents
Often 1.00 1.00 1.00
General 1.11 0.92–1.34 1.16 1.00–1.35 1.04 0.84–1.29
Scare 1.11 0.86–1.42 1.55 1.22–1.98# 0.99 0.75–1.31
Economic status
Good - - 1.00 1.00
General - - 1.02 0.88–1.18 1.10 0.87–1.38
Bad - - 1.28 1.06–1.55# 1.48 1.11–1.98#
Academic achievement
Above average - - 1.00 1.00
Average - - 0.55 0.43–0.69# 0.45 0.31–0.65#
Below average - - 0.39 0.16–1.00 0.16 0.02–1.24
Classmate relations
Good - - 1.00
Average - - 1.44 1.17–1.77# - -
Bad - - 1.31 1.03–1.66# - -
*

bully-victim: Those students who participate in both bullying and victimization.

#:P<0.05.

“-”: Factors not included in the final multivariate analysis.