Table 3. Distribution of selected variable categories by sex among a nationally representative sample of Egyptian adolescents (2006).

Variable	Male	Female	Chi-square	p-value
Physical fight	40.1	21.3	211.606	<0.001
Food insecurity	5.3	5.4	0.003	0.958
Bullied	54.0	52.5	1.190	0.275
Lonely	7.7	12.0	26.677	<0.001
Anxiety	9.7	10.2	0.382	0.536
Signs of depression	29.3	34.4	15.062	<0.001
Number of close friends
None	5.4	8.6	104.628	<0.001
One	12.4	20.5	—	—
Two	30.4	30.8	—	—
Three or more	51.9	40.0	—	—
Truancy	18.6	14.1	18.375	<0.001
Helpful peers	22.7	25.2	4.381	0.036
Understanding parents	15.3	18.4	8.682	0.003
Physical activity	26.5	10.5	216.478	<0.001

Notes.

Percentages of the total within each category are listed.