Table 2.

relationship between bullying perpetration and sociodemographic, family, and school factors among in-school adolescents in Sokoto metropolis, 2019, (n = 390)

Variables		Bullying perpetration		p value
		Yes	No
Age group (Years)
	10-14	115 (73.7)	41 (26.3)	0.049*
	15-19	192 (82.1)	42 (17.9)
Gender
	Male	181 (88.3)	24 (11.7)	< 0.001*
	Female	126 (68.1)	59 (31.9)
Religion
	Christian	94 (89.5)	11 (10.5)	0.002*
	Muslim	213 (74.7)	72 (25.3)
Ethnic group
	Hausa/Fulani	164 (72.2)	63 (27.8)	< 0.001*
	Yoruba/Ibo	143 (87.7)	20 (12.3)
Family type
	Monogamous	123 (87.9)	17 (12.1)	0.001*
	Polygamous	184 (73.6)	66 (26.4)
Public/private
	Public	200 (84.7)	36 (15.3)	< 0.001*
	Private	107 (69.5)	47 (30.5)
Class
	Junior class	119 (79.9)	30 (20.1)	0.663
	Senior class	188 (78.0)	53 (22.0)
Accommodation status
	Boarding	150 (93.2)	11 (6.8)	< 0.001*
	Day	157 (68.6)	72 (31.4)
Often experience parents quarrel or fight
	Yes	99 (93.4)	7 (6.6)	< 0.001*
	No	208 (73.2)	76 (26.8)
Parent monitor whereabouts and friends
	Yes	304 (79.2)	80 (20.8)	0.083**
	No	3 (50.0)	3 (50.0)
Get desired help from parents
	Yes	299 (78.5)	82 (21.5)	0.451
	No	8 (88.9)	1 (11.1)
Enjoy being together with your peers
	Yes	277 (77.6)	80 (22.4)	0.074**
	No	30 (90.9)	3 (9.1)
Friends influence decisions
	Yes	236 (75.6)	76 (24.4)	0.003*
	No	71 (91.0)	7 (9.0)
Accepted by peers
	Yes	282 (77.5)	82 (22.5)	0.025*
	No	25 (96.2)	1 (3.8)
Feel left out of things with peers
	Yes	196 (76.0)	62 (24.0)	0.064**
	No	111 (84.1)	21 (15.9)
Have more than 3 close friends in school
	Yes	290 (78.0)	82 (22.0)	0.095**
	No	17 (94.4)	1 (5.6)
Feel safe in school
	Yes	225 (75.0)	75 (25.0)	0.001*
	No	82 (91.1)	8 (8.9)

^*= Significant at p <0.05** = Significant at p < 0.10