Table 2. Distribution of contextual characteristics of adolescents (14 to 17 years) victims of bullying. Beagá Health Study, Belo Horizonte, MG, Southeastern Brazil, 2008 to 2009.

Variable	Total		Reports of bullying		pb
	n	%a	%a	95%CI
Contextual – Family characteristics
Educational attainment of head of household (years)
0 to 8	339	56.2	20.6	15.5;25.6	0.004
9 or more	251	43.8	33.2	26.5;40.0
How often do you speak with your parents?
Always	338	54.8	21.4	16.5;26.2	0.012
Never/Rarely/Sometimes	259	45.2	32.2	25.1;39.4
Do you eat your meals with your parents?
Never	54	9.8	34.6	17.7;51.5	0.242
Sometimes	542	90.2	25.2	21.1;29.4
In comparison with other families you know, are there fights in your family?
Many fights	74	26.8	43.6	30.5;56.8	0.006
Few fights	360	60.4	24.9	19.2;30.5
No fights	163	12.8	19.6	12.0;27.2
My parents make me feel loved and cared for
Yes	572	96.7	25.7	21.5;29.9	0.128
No	20	3.3	45.6	16.7;74.5
My parents are always on my side
Yes	565	95.6	26.1	21.8;30.3	0.306
No	27	4.4	37.9	13.6;62.1
I can discuss problems with my parents
Yes	477	79.4	21.8	17.5;26.1	< 0.001
No	114	20.6	44.1	33.4;54.8
My parents and I fight a lot
Yes	84	13.6	39.5	27.9;51.0	0.008
No	506	86.4	24.4	20.0;28.7
My parents give me sufficient attention
Yes	530	90.0	24.6	20.4;28.9	0.022
No	63	10.0	40.8	25.9;55.7
My parents make me feel badly about myself
Yes	43	6.8	40.1	22.6;57.6	0.063
No	548	93.2	25.4	21.3;29.5
Type of family
Traditional/Nuclear	397	68.5	25.7	20.6;30.7	0.877
Blended/Others	71	12.2	25.9	13.9;37.8
Single parent	130	19.1	28.3	19.6;37.0
Contextual – Neighborhood characteristics
Health Vulnerability Index
Low	69	11.1	32.4	20.7;44.2	0.668
Medium	220	40.7	26.2	19.3;33.1
High	238	37.9	25.3	18.6;32.0
Very high	71	10.3	22.8	12.9;32.7
Do you feel insecure in your neighborhood?
Yes	275	46.6	31.2	24.1;38.3	0.044
No	322	53.4	21.9	16.8;27.1

^a Prevalence considering the sample weight and size.

^b Chi-square test.

Values with statistical significance are shown in bold.