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. 2021 Sep 16;12:698562. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.698562

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.