Table 3. Adjusted and unadjusted prevalence ratios for the association between bullying and individual and contextual characteristics. Beagá Health Study, Belo Horizonte, MG, Southeastern Brazil, 2008 to 2009.
| Variable | Unadjusted analysis | Adjusted analysisa,b | ||||
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| PR | 95%CI | p | PR | 95%CI | p | |
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Individual – Individual characteristics | ||||||
| In the past year, have you been involved in a fight in which someone has gotten hurt? | ||||||
| Yes | 1.95 | 1.41;2.71 | < 0.001 | 1.49 | 1.05;2.12 | 0.027 |
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Life satisfaction | ||||||
| Dissatisfied | 1.94 | 1.38;2.71 | < 0.001 | 1.77 | 1.27;2.47 | 0.001 |
| Satisfied | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
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| Contextual – Family and neighborhood characteristics | ||||||
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| I can discuss problems with my parents | ||||||
| No | 2.02 | 1.49;2.75 | < 0.001 | 1.85 | 1.37;2.50 | < 0.001 |
| Yes | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Educational attainment of head of household (years) | ||||||
| > 8 | 1.62 | 1.17;2.22 | 0.003 | 1.71 | 1.26;2.31 | 0.001 |
| ≤ 8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Do you feel insecure in your neighborhood? | ||||||
| Yes | 1.42 | 1.01;1.99 | 0.041 | 1.41 | 1.02;1.94 | 0.038 |
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
PR: prevalence ratio
a
Adjusted for gender and age.
b
Goodness of fit test (Deviance) – p = 0.812.
Values with statistical significance are shown in bold.