Table 1.
Prevalence of victimization and bullying for all children and by gender
| Percentage based on past 3 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items |
|
Never# |
Monthly |
Weekly§ |
| Victimization | ||||
| Physical |
All |
91.7 |
7.1 |
1.2 |
| Boys |
88.0 |
9.9 a |
2.1 b |
|
| Girls |
95.6 |
4.2 |
0.2 |
|
| Verbal |
All |
89.4 |
9.2 |
1.4 |
| Boys |
87.5 |
10.8 a |
1.7 b |
|
| Girls |
91.5 |
7.4 |
1.1 |
|
| Relational |
All |
91.1 |
7.6 |
1.3 |
| Boys |
91.6 |
6.8 a |
1.6 b |
|
| Girls |
90.7 |
8.4 |
0.9 |
|
| Material |
All |
99.3 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
| Boys |
99.0 |
0.9 a |
0.1 |
|
| Girls |
99.5 |
0.5 |
0 |
|
| Bullying | ||||
| Physical |
All |
84.1 |
11.3 |
4.6 |
| Boys |
76.6 |
16.1 a |
7.3 b |
|
| Girls |
92.0 |
6.3 |
1.7 |
|
| Verbal |
All |
77.9 |
16.8 |
5.3 |
| Boys |
73.2 |
19.4 a |
7.4 b |
|
| Girls |
82.9 |
14.0 |
3.1 |
|
| Relational |
All |
83.4 |
13.8 |
2.8 |
| Boys |
85.6 |
11.4 a |
2.9 |
|
| Girls |
81.1 |
16.3 |
2.6 |
|
| Material |
All |
97.1 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
| Boys |
96.0 |
3.2 * a |
0.9 b |
|
| Girls | 98.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | |
Notes Table 1: # Never or less than once per month.
§ The categories of “One to two times per week” and “More than twice per week” were collapsed into the category “Weekly” due to very low prevalences.
a Prevalence of never vs. monthly or b vs. weekly involvement in bullying differs significantly between boys and girls, p < 0.05.