Table 2c.
Bivariate analysis of factors associated with frequent (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=914) | Not Bully (n=12796) | P | |
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| Male gender | 66.6 (62.9, 70.5) | 46.3 (45.1, 47.5) | <.01 |
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| Age | 13.6 (0.1) | 13.4 (0.1) | <.01 |
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| Race/ethnicity | <.01 | ||
| White | 53.6 (47.6, 59.7) | 61.7 (57.6, 65.8) | |
| Black | 17.2 (13.0, 21.4) | 13.9 (10.8, 17.1) | |
| Latino | 18.8 (14.9, 22.7) | 14.8 (12.3, 17.2) | |
| Asian | 3.1 (1.7, 4.5) | 3.8 (2.9, 4.7) | |
| American Indian | 3.3 (1.6, 5.0) | 2.1 (1.4, 2.8) | |
| Multiracial | 4.0 (2.6, 5.4) | 3.7 (3.2, 4.2) | |
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| Family Affluence Scale | .05 | ||
| Low | 31.6 (27.6, 35.6) | 27.8 (25.8, 29.7) | |
| Moderate | 47.7 (43.7, 51.7) | 52.4 (51.1, 53.8) | |
| High | 20.7 (17.4, 23.9) | 19.8 (18.1, 21.4) | |
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| Bullied by another student (past couple of months) | <.01 | ||
| Never | 58.0 (54.6, 61.3) | 69.6 (68.3, 70.9) | |
| Once or twice | 18.7 (15.9, 21.5) | 19.5 (18.5, 20.5) | |
| Two or three times per month | 5.9 (4.1, 7.8) | 4.2 (3.8, 4.6) | |
| About once a week | 6.2 (4.0, 8.5) | 2.7 (2.3, 3.1) | |
| Several times per week | 11.2 (8.4, 13.9) | 4.0 (3.6, 4.5) | |
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| Felt “low” in past six months | <.01 | ||
| About every day | 20.0 (16.9, 23.1) | 8.3 (7.6, 8.9) | |
| More than once a week | 10.9 (8.3, 13.4) | 9.5 (8.8, 10.2) | |
| About every week | 10.5 (8.1, 12.8) | 10.5 (9.9, 11.2) | |
| About every month | 15.0 (11.9, 18.1) | 20.8 (19.7, 21.8) | |
| Rarely or never | 43.7 (39.6, 47.7) | 50.9 (49.6, 52.3) | |
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| Felt irritable or bad tempered in past six months | <.01 | ||
| About every day | 29.5 (26.2, 32.8) | 11.4 (10.6, 12.3) | |
| More than once a week | 15.6 (12.4, 18.7) | 12.5 (11.7, 13.3) | |
| About every week | 15.5 (12.6, 18.3) | 16.7 (15.9, 17.6) | |
| About every month | 16.3 (13.4, 19.2) | 25.7 (24.6, 26.8) | |
| Rarely or never | 23.2 (19.8, 26.5) | 33.6 (32.4, 34.9) | |
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| Times in a fight in past 12 months | <.01 | ||
| None | 29.9 (26.6, 33.2) | 65.1 (63.6, 66.7) | |
| One or more times | 70.1 (66.8, 73.4) | 34.9 (33.3, 36.4) | |
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| Times carried a weapon in last 30 days | <.01 | ||
| None | 53.7 (49.7, 57.8) | 86.4 (85.2, 87.6) | |
| One or more times | 46.3 (42.2, 50.3) | 13.6 (12.4, 14.8) | |
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| Current smoking | <.01 | ||
| None | 57.1 (52.6, 61.6) | 86.7 (85.2, 88.1) | |
| Less than once a week | 14.0 (11.1, 16.9) | 6.2 (5.3, 7.1) | |
| At least once a week, but not every day | 7.6 (5.6, 9.6) | 3.0 (2.5, 3.4) | |
| Every day | 21.3 (17.8, 24.9) | 4.1 (3.5, 4.8) | |
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| Other drug use (marijuana/glue/inhalant/other) | 82.0 (77.1, 86.9) | 46.2 (43.4, 48.9) | <.01 |
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| Number times a week drank alcohol | |||
| Never | 53.6 (48.8, 58.3) | 79.9 (78.3, 81.6) | |
| Less than once a week | 18.5 (15.1, 21.9) | 11.0 (9.9, 12.1) | |
| Once a week | 6.4 (4.2, 8.6) | 3.9 (3.4, 4.4) | <.01 |
| 2–4 days a week | 5.3 (3.6, 7.0) | 2.4 (2.0, 2.8) | |
| 5–6 days a week | 2.4 (1.1, 3.8) | 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) | |
| Once a day, every day | 2.7 (1.3, 4.1) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.7) | |
| Every day, more than once | 11.1 (8.6, 13.6) | 1.5 (1.1, 1.8) | |
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| Parental school involvement | |||
| High | 78.6 (75.1, 82.1) | 90.3 (89.6, 91.0) | <.01 |
| Moderate | 10.2 (7.8, 12.6) | 6.2 (5.6, 6.8) | |
| Low | 11.2 (8.5, 14.0) | 3.5 (3.1, 3.9) | |
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| Parent communication ease | |||
| Easy | 79.0 (75.5, 82.5) | 85.6 (84.8, 86.5) | <.01 |
| Difficult | 21.0 (17.5, 24.5) | 14.4 (13.5, 15.2) | |
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| Social isolation | |||
| Low | 1.0 (0.1, 2.0) | 1.0 (0.8, 1.2) | <.01 |
| Moderate | 53.8 (49.0, 58.6) | 65.7 (64.3, 67.2) | |
| High | 45.2 (40.6, 49.8) | 33.3 (31.8, 34.8) | |
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| Classmate relationships | |||
| Good | 19.1 (15.7, 22.5) | 27.5 (25.9, 29.0) | <.01 |
| Average | 28.8 (25.0, 32.7) | 40.0 (38.8, 41.2) | |
| Poor | 52.1 (47.8, 56.3) | 32.5 (31.0, 34.1) | |
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| Academic performance | |||
| Very good | 20.2 (16.7, 23.8) | 26.1 (24.8, 27.4) | <.01 |
| Good/average | 59.6 (55.7, 63.6) | 68.8 (67.5, 70.1) | |
| Below average | 20.1 (16.9, 23.4) | 5.2 (4.6, 5.7) | |
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| School satisfaction | |||
| High | 12.5 (9.9, 15.2) | 22.9 (21.6, 24.2) | <.01 |
| Moderate | 33.6 (29.7, 37.5) | 47.2 (46.2, 48.2) | |
| Low | 53.8 (49.9, 57.8) | 29.9 (28.6, 31.2) | |
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| Feel safe at school | |||
| Safe | 44.2 (40.0, 48.4) | 65.5 (63.6, 67.5) | <.01 |
| Neutral | 21.1 (18.4, 23.8) | 20.7 (19.5, 22.0) | |
| Unsafe | 34.7 (30.4, 39.0) | 13.8 (12.6, 14.9) | |