Table 3.
Characteristics of smoking and bullying victimization by gender and school level.
| Variables | Boys | Girls | X2 test | Middle school | High school | X2 test | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never smoker | 11,290 (68.2) | 13,786 (83.2) | 12,249 (84.5) | 12,827 (68.8) | 25,076 (75.7) | |||
|
X2 = 1324.33 P <0.001 |
X2 = 1188.53 P <0.001 |
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| Former smoker | 2,548 (15.4) | 1,948 (11.8) | 1,458 (10.1) | 3,038 (16.3) | 4,496 (13.6) | |||
| Current smoker | 2,717 (16.4) | 836 (5.0) | 778 (5.4) | 2,775 (14.9) | 3,553 (10.7) | |||
| Different type bullying victimization | ||||||||
| Bullying (A) | NO | 9,440 (56.0) | 12,130 (72.2) | 8,979 (60.2) | 12,591 (67.2) | 21,570 (64.1) | ||
|
X2 = 959.88 P <0.001 |
X2 = 177.98 P <0.001 |
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| YES | 7,420 (44.0) | 4,672 (27.8) | 5,944 (39.8) | 6,148 (32.8) | 12,092 (35.9) | |||
| Bullying (B) | NO | 11,732 (69.6) | 14,634 (87.1) | 11,946 (80.1) | 14,420 (76.9) | 26,366 (78.3) | ||
|
X2 = 1515.99 P <0.001 |
X2 = 49.74 P <0.001 |
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| YES | 5,126 (30.4) | 2,171 (12.9) | 2,968 (19.9) | 4,329 (23.1) | 7,297 (21.7) | |||
| Bullying (C) | NO | 14,197 (84.2) | 14,261 (84.8) | 12,738 (85.4) | 15,720 (83.8) | 28,458 (84.5) | ||
|
X2 = 2.61 P = 0.107 |
X2 = 16.72 P <0.001 |
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| YES | 2,663 (15.8) | 2,548 (15.2) | 2,173 (14.6) | 3,038 (16.2) | 5,211 (15.5) | |||
| Bullying (D) | NO | 14,396 (85.4) | 14,861 (88.4) | 12,774 (85.6) | 16,483 (87.9) | 29,257 (86.9) | ||
|
X2=67.47 P <0.001 |
1X2 = 37.60 P <0.001 |
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| YES | 2,462 (14.6) | 1,947 (11.6) | 2,142 (14.4) | 2,267 (12.2) | 4,409 (13.1) | |||
| Bullying (E) | NO | 15,281 (90.6) | 16,027 (95.3) | 13,721 (91.9) | 17,587 (93.8) | 31,308 (93.0) | ||
|
X2 = 290.66 P <0.001 |
X2 = 42.90 P <0.001 |
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| YES | 1,586 (9.4) | 782 (4.7) | 1,202 (8.1) | 1,166 (6.2) | 2,368 (7.0) | |||
| Bullying (F) | NO | 15,452 (91.6) | 16,152 (96.1) | 13,865 (92.9) | 17,739 (94.6) | 31,604 (93.9) | ||
|
X2 = 293.57 P <0.001 |
X2 = 42.11 P <0.001 |
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| YES | 1,415 (8.4) | 656 (3.9) | 1,060 (7.1) | 1,011 (5.4) | 2,071 (6.1) | |||
| Bullying (G) | NO | 15,578 (92.4) | 16,298 (97.0) | 13,984 (93.8) | 17,892 (95.4) | 31,876 (94.7) | ||
|
X2 = 351.98 P <0.001 |
X2 = 43.60 P <0.001 |
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| YES | 1,279 (7.6) | 505 (3.0) | 925 (6.2) | 859 (4.6) | 1,784 (5.3) | |||
| Any Bullying victimization | ||||||||
| NO | 7,168 (42.7) | 10,039 (59.9) | 7,165 (48.2) | 10,042 (53.7) | 17,207 (51.3) | |||
|
X2 = 998.51 P <0.001 |
X2 = 99.47 P <0.001 |
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| YES | 9,623 (57.3) | 6,710 (40.1) | 7,685 (51.8) | 8,648 (46.3) | 16,333 (48.7) | |||
(A) Maliciously teased; (B) Made fun of with gender jokes, comments or gestures; (C) Been made fun of due to individual physical imperfections or looks; (D) Deliberately excluded from a collective activity; (E) Threatened or intimidated; (F) Demanded to give money; (G) Been hit, kicked, pushed, squeezed, or locked indoors.