Table 4.
Percentage of students reporting various health behaviors and exposures.
| Gaza Strip | West Bank | UNRWA Gaza | UNRWA Jordan | UNRWA Lebanon | UNRWA Syria | UNRWA West Bank | Pooled proportion (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usually drank carbonated soft drinks one or more times per day during the past 30 days | 50.0 | 66.0 | 43.2 | 56.5 | 70.3 | 51.8 | 60.0 | 57.1 (49.8, 64.0) |
| Were bullied on one or more days during the past 30 days | 45.9 | 40.8 | 47.7 | 49.4 | 28.6 | 49.6 | 43.3 | 43.4 (38.0, 49) |
| Reported that their parents or guardians never or rarely understood their problems and worries during the past 30 days | 48.0 | 40.1 | 42.0 | 45.1 | 38.8 | 41.5 | 41.6 | 42.4 (40.0, 44.9) |
| Were physically attacked one or more times during the past 12 months | 45.5 | 37.5 | 33.8 | 48.5 | 31.4 | 46.8 | 40.5 | 40.4 (35.6, 45.4) |
| Were in a physical fight one or more times during the past 12 months | 40.3 | 45.4 | 39.1 | 41.3 | 30.9 | 42.4 | 37.7 | 39.5 (36.2, 42.9) |
| Reported that their parents or guardians never or rarely really knew what they were doing with their free time during the past 30 days | 38.4 | 31.2 | 38.0 | 41.1 | 38.5 | 33.7 | 39.3 | 37.1 (34.7, 39.6) |
| Missed classes or school without permission on one or more of the past 30 days | 38.9 | 32.9 | 37.6 | 40.0 | 23.6 | 35.3 | 35.9 | 34.7 (30.7, 38.9) |
| Reported that their parents or guardians never or rarely checked to see if their homework was done during the past 30 days | 34.9 | 31.7 | 34.5 | 34.8 | 28.1 | 33.4 | 30.3 | 32.5 (30.6, 34.5) |
| Reported most of the students in their school were never or rarely kind and helpful during the past 30 days | 29.7 | 32.9 | 25.6 | 29.4 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 22.4 | 26.2 (23.2, 29.5) |
| Used any tobacco in the past 30 days | 15.0 | 26.5 | 13.0 | 26.3 | 17.6 | 19.3 | 24.9 | 19.9 (16.1, 24.2) |
| Were so worried about something that they could not sleep at night most of the time or always during the past 12 months | 16.1 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 20.5 | 13.2 | 18.4 | 17.5 | 16.4 (14.7, 18.2) |
| Felt lonely most of the time or always during the past 12 months | 14.8 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 17.3 | 10.4 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.9 (12.5, 15.4) |
| Went hungry most of the time or always because there was not enough food in their home during the past 30 days | 11.2 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 7.4 (5.9, 9.3) |
| Have no close friends | 8.6 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 7.4 (6.5, 8.3) |
| Ever used marijuana | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 (2.8, 3.9) |
CI: Confidence Interval; UNRWA: United Nations Relief and Works Agency.