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. 2018 Jul 10;18:800. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5682-4

Table 2.

Prevalence (with 95% confidence interval) of ever having been the victim of cyberbullying in relation to sociodemographic and internet use factors, separately in each country

Greece Spain Romania Poland Germany Netherlands Iceland
Gender
 Females 28.9% (284/982)a
26.1–31.9
15.7% (153/977)
12.9–18.9
39.0% (358/917)
35.6–42.6
23.4% (228/973)
20.6–26.7
24.7% (295/1196)
21.9–27.7
19.4% (116/597)
16.2–23.1
16.0% (151/944)
13.7–18.6
 Males 24.6% (224/912)
21.8–27.6
10.7% (96/896)
8.5–13.4
35.1% (244/695)
31.0–39.5
19.4% (170/876)
16.5–22.6
23.9% (235/982)
21.0–27.1
11.4% (66/579)
9.1–14.1
10.8% (91/846)
8.8–13.1
Age (years)
 14–15.9 26.4% (351/1330)
24.0–29..0
12.6% (154/1226)
10.5–14.9
42.6% (179/420)
37.2–48.2
21.1% (288/1368)
18.4–23.9
24.3% (304/1249)
21.6–27.2
16.3% (74/455)
13.3–19.7
13.4% (211/1579)
11.5–15.5
 16–17.9 27.8% (157/564)
24.4–31.5
14.7% (95/647)
11.8–18.1
35.5% (423/1192)
32.4–38.7
22.9% (110/481)
19.0–27.3
24.3% (226/929)
21.7–27.2
15.0% (108/721)
12.3–18.1
14.7% (31/211)
10.7–19.9
Parental educational level
 Low/Middle 29.1% (229/787)
26.1–32.3
13.8% (93/672)
10.9–17.4
38.7% (273/705)
34.2–43.5
20.4% (147/721)
17.2–24.0
25.0% (133/532)
21.5–28.8
15.6% (27/173)
11.2–21.4
14.1% (44/313)
9.9–19.5
 High 25.0% (249/997)
22.4–27.7
13.1% (132/1005)
10.9–15.8
38.7% (276/714)
35.4–42.0
23.5% (170/722)
20.1–27.4
24.4% (303/1242)
21.9–27.1
14.7% (106/722)
11.9–18.0
13.6% (163/1201)
11.6–15.8
Parental family status
 Married/ living together 25.5% (409/1602)
23.5–27.6
12.4% (195/1570)
10.5–14.6
36.5% (491/1345)
33.8–39.3
21.0% (309/1470)
18.4–23.9
22.8% (350/1537)
20.4–25.3
14.2% (121/853)
11.8–17.0
12.1% (156/1285)
10.2–14.5
 Divorced/ separated/ Single- parent family 35.7% (94/263)
30.7–41.1
17.4% (50/288)
13.2–22.5
41.7% (101/242)
35.6–48.2
23.2% (76/328)
18.9–28.1
28.0% (148/528)
24.5–31.9
19.2% (55/287)
14.3–25.2
17.5% (81/463)
13.9–21.8
Daily use of SNS
 No use/<  2 h 20.9% (252/1203)
18.7–23.4
10.5% (120/1140)
8.5–12.9
30.0% (273/910)
26.1–34.2
18.9% (239/1264)
16.2–21.9
20.0% (235/1173)
17.7–22.6
13.0% (86/664)
10.7–15.6
9.6% (102/1057)
7.7–12.0
  ≥ 2 h 38.1% (243/637)
34.7–41.7
17.5% (116/661)
14.6–21.0
48.1% (289/601)
44.5–51.7
28.0% (143/510)
24.3–32.1
29.8% (249/835)
26.7–33.1
19.5% (78/400)
15.9–23.7
20.3% (123/606)
17.1–23.9
Daily Internet use
 No use/<  2 h 21.4% (234/1095)
18.9–24.1
10.6% (118/1112)
8.5–13.2
29.9% (217/726)
25.8–34.3
19.1% (164/858)
16.2–22.5
20.6% (209/1015)
17.8–23.7
12.0% (55/458)
9.4–15.3
8.3% (59/707)
6.3–10.9
  ≥ 2 h 34.5% (261/756)
31.2–38.0
17.5% (126/720)
14.9–20.4
44.0% (356/810)
40.7–47.3
23.7% (218/921)
20.7–27.0
27.4% (287/1046)
24.7–30.4
18.1% (118/652)
15.0–21.7
16.6% (164/989)
13.9–19.6
Parents allow me to visit every site
 Never/ seldom 25.7% (69/268)
21.2–30.8
14.4% (28/195)
9.7–20.8
24.2% (39/161)
17.1–33.1
16.3% (25/153)
11.0–23.6
30.7% (39/127)
23.2–39.4
13.7% (10/73)
7.4–24.1
12.4% (26/209)
8.7–17.4
 Sometimes 25.2% (85/337)
20.0–31.0
10.0% (22/221)
6.5–15.0
32.2% (75/233)
26.1–38.9
14.8% (20/135)
9.6–22.1
21.0% (34/162)
15.7–27.5
16.2% (11/68)
9.1–27.1
14.4% (28/195)
10.2–19.8
 Often/ very often/ parents don’t know 27.7% (352/1271)
25.3–30.2
13.7% (199/1449)
11.8–15.9
34.9% (155/444)
30.8–39.3
22.6% (351/1553)
20.1–25.4
24.2% (444/1835)
22.1–26.4
15.4% (156/1010)
13.1–18.1
13.4% (183/1366)
11.4–15.7
Parents restrict time on Internet
 Never/ seldom 25.3% (180/712)
22.0–28.8
13.0% (78/601)
10.3–16.2
35.4% (344/971)
32.3–38.7
19.5% (208/1069)
16.6–22.6
23.3% (332/1424)
20.8–26.0
14.5% (122/843)
12.1–17.3
13.0% (134/1032)
10.4–16.0
 Sometimes 27.9% (138/495)
23.9–32.3
12.7% (67/526)
9.6–16.8
38.5% (160/416)
33.5–43.6
23.1% (110/476)
19.2–27.5
23.8% (103/432)
19.7–28.6
15.2% (32/211)
11.0–20.5
13.7% (65/475)
10.4–17.8
 Often/ very often 28.0% (188/672)
24.7–31.5
14.1% (104/740)
11.5–17.0
45.0% (98/218)
38.6–51.5
26.4% (78/295)
21.2–32.5
29.7% (92/310)
25.0–34.8
24.1% (27/112)
16.5–33.9
14.6% (40/274)
11.3–18.7

aIn parentheses, number bullied / sample size