Table 2b.
Bivariate analysis of factors associated with moderate (two or three times a month, once a week, or several times a week) bullying perpetration in US children in 6th–10th grades.
| Characteristic | Weighted Mean (S.E.) or Proportion (95% CI)
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| Bully (n=1714) | Not Bully (n=11996) | P | |
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| Male gender | 64.7 (61.8, 67.6) | 45.2 (44.0, 46.4) | <.01 |
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| Age | 13.4 (0.1) | 13.6 (0.1) | <.01 |
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| Race/ethnicity | <.01 | ||
| White | 56.5 (51.5, 61.6) | 61.9 (57.7, 66.0) | |
| Black | 15.6 (12.0, 19.3) | 13.9 (10.7, 17.1) | |
| Latino | 17.3 (14.2, 20.3) | 14.7 (12.3, 17.1) | |
| Asian | 3.1 (2.0, 4.2) | 3.8 (2.9, 4.8) | |
| American Indian | 3.2 (1.8, 4.6) | 2.0 (1.3, 2.7) | |
| Multiracial | 4.2 (3.0, 5.5) | 3.6 (3.1, 4.1) | |
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| Family Affluence Scale | .13 | ||
| Low | 29.6 (26.3, 33.0) | 27.8 (25.8, 29.7) | |
| Moderate | 49.3 (46.0, 52.6) | 52.5 (51.1, 54.0) | |
| High | 21.1 (18.5, 23.7) | 19.7 (18.0, 21.3) | |
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| Bullied by another student (past couple of months) | <.01 | ||
| Never | 55.1 (52.0, 58.2) | 70.8 (69.5, 72.1) | |
| Once or twice | 20.7 (18.1, 23.4) | 19.3 (18.2, 20.3) | |
| Two or three times per month | 8.5 (6.9, 10.2) | 3.7 (3.3, 4.1) | |
| About once a week | 6.1 (4.4, 7.8) | 2.4 (2.1, 2.9) | |
| Several times per week | 9.6 (7.9, 11.3) | 3.8 (3.4, 4.2) | |
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| Felt “low” in past six months | <.01 | ||
| About every day | 15.4 (13.4, 17.4) | 8.1 (7.5, 8.8) | |
| More than once a week | 12.3 (10.3, 14.4) | 9.2 (8.5, 9.9) | |
| About every week | 13.0 (11.1, 14.8) | 10.2 (9.5, 10.9) | |
| About every month | 17.3 (14.9, 19.7) | 20.8 (19.7, 21.9) | |
| Rarely or never | 42.0 (39.3, 44.8) | 51.7 (50.2, 53.1) | |
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| Felt irritable or bad tempered in past six months | <.01 | ||
| About every day | 24.6 (22.0, 27.1) | 10.9 (10.0, 11.7) | |
| More than once a week | 16.4 (14.3, 18.5) | 12.2 (11.4, 13.0) | |
| About every week | 18.3 (16.3, 20.4) | 16.4 (15.5, 17.3) | |
| About every month | 18.6 (16.2, 20.9) | 26.0 (24.9, 27.1) | |
| Rarely or never | 22.1 (19.6, 24.6) | 34.5 (33.2, 35.8) | |
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| Times in a fight in past 12 months | <.01 | ||
| None | 33.2 (30.6, 35.7) | 67.1 (65.5, 68.6) | |
| One or more times | 66.8 (64.3, 69.4) | 32.9 (31.4, 34.5) | |
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| Times carried a weapon in last 30 days | <.01 | ||
| None | 59.1 (55.9, 62.3) | 87.9 (86.8, 89.0) | |
| One or more times | 40.9 (37.7, 44.1) | 12.1 (11.0, 13.2) | |
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| Current smoking | <.01 | ||
| None | 62.1 (58.5, 65.7) | 88.0 (86.6, 89.3) | |
| Less than once a week | 14.2 (11.7, 16.8) | 5.7 (4.8, 6.5) | |
| At least once a week, but not every day | 8.0 (6.3, 9.6) | 2.6 (2.2, 3.0) | |
| Every day | 15.7 (13.3, 18.1) | 3.8 (3.1, 4.4) | |
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| Other drug use (marijuana/glue/inhalant/other) | 78.2 (74.6, 81.7) | 43.9 (41.1, 46.6) | <.01 |
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| Number times a week drank alcohol | <.01 | ||
| Never | 56.8 (53.2, 60.5) | 81.3 (79.7, 82.8) | |
| Less than once a week | 18.9 (16.3, 21.4) | 10.4 (9.4, 11.5) | |
| Once a week | 6.7 (4.9, 8.4) | 3.7 (3.2, 4.2) | |
| 2–4 days a week | 5.3 (3.9, 6.6) | 2.2 (1.8, 2.6) | |
| 5–6 days a week | 2.8 (1.8, 3.7) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) | |
| Once a day, every day | 1.9 (1.0, 2.7) | 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) | |
| Every day, more than once | 7.7 (6.1, 9.4) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) | |
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| Parental school involvement | <.01 | ||
| High | 81.3 (79.0, 83.5) | 90.8 (90.1, 91.5) | |
| Moderate | 10.5 (8.7, 12.4) | 5.9 (5.3, 6.5) | |
| Low | 8.2 (6.5, 9.9) | 3.4 (3.0, 3.8) | |
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| Parent communication ease | <.01 | ||
| Easy | 80.7 (78.3, 83.1) | 85.8 (84.9, 86.7) | |
| Difficult | 19.3 (16.9, 21.7) | 14.2 (13.3, 15.1) | |
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| Social isolation | <.01 | ||
| Low | 0.7 (0.2, 1.2) | 1.0 (0.8, 1.3) | |
| Moderate | 56.3 (52.7, 59.9) | 66.2 (64.7, 67.6) | |
| High | 43.0 (39.4, 46.6) | 32.8 (31.3, 34.3) | |
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| Classmate relationships | <.01 | ||
| Good | 20.4 (18.0, 22.7) | 27.9 (26.3, 29.4) | |
| Average | 30.3 (27.6, 32.9) | 40.6 (39.3, 41.8) | |
| Poor | 49.4 (46.2, 52.5) | 31.6 (30.0, 33.1) | |
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| Academic performance | <.01 | ||
| Very good | 19.1 (16.8, 21.5) | 26.6 (25.3, 28.0) | |
| Good/average | 65.7 (62.9, 68.5) | 68.5 (67.2, 69.9) | |
| Below average | 15.2 (12.9, 17.5) | 4.8 (4.3, 5.4) | |
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| School satisfaction | <.01 | ||
| High | 14.1 (12.0, 16.1) | 23.4 (22.1, 24.8) | |
| Moderate | 37.3 (34.8, 39.8) | 47.6 (46.6, 48.6) | |
| Low | 48.6 (45.7, 51.6) | 29.0 (27.7, 30.3) | |
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| Feel safe at school | <.01 | ||
| Safe | 49.6 (46.0, 53.2) | 66.2 (64.2, 68.1) | |
| Neutral | 23.1 (20.8, 25.4) | 20.4 (19.1, 21.7) | |
| Unsafe | 27.3 (24.0, 30.6) | 13.4 (12.3, 14.6) | |