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Table 1 Prevalence of bullying victimization and cyberbullying by sex and ethnicity

From: The role of family and school-level factors in bullying and cyberbullying: a cross-sectional study

GBS measures of bullying victimization

Bullying victimization either frequent or distressing

Whole sample

White British

White Other

Asian/Asian British

Black/Black British

Mixed Ethnicity

Other Ethnic group

 

N

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 Male

948

32.1

350

30.33%

89

33.71%

261

32.42%

122

31.44%

72

35.82%

54

38.57

 Female

1262

38.16

528

38.68%

108

39.42%

270

35.67%

191

41.70%

96

41.20%

69

31.36

Severe bullying victimization

 

Whole sample

White British

White Other

Asian/Asian British

Black/Black British

Mixed Ethnicity

Other Ethnic group

 

N

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 Male

295

9.99%

98

8.49%

31

11.74%

93

11.55%

28

7.22%

23

11.44%

22

15.71%

 Female

450

13.61%

168

12.31%

45

16.42%

95

12.55%

80

17.47%

33

14.16%

29

13.18%

Cyberbullying measures

Cyberbullying perpetration

Whole sample

White British

White Other

Asian/Asian British

Black/Black British

Mixed Ethnicity

Other Ethnic group

 

N

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 Male

34

1.13

8

0.68%

6

2.23%

5

0.61%

6

1.53%

9

4.50%

0

0

 Female

15

0.45

6

0.44%

1

0.35%

2

0.26%

4

0.84%

0

0.0%

2

0.89%

Cyberbullying victimization

 

Whole sample

White British

White Other

Asian/Asian British

Black/Black British

Mixed Ethnicity

Other Ethnic group

 

N

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 Male

58

1.94

15

1.28%

9

3.38%

17

2.10%

11

2.78%

4

1.96%

2

1.44%

 Female

150

4.48

71

5.18%

15

5.38%

23

3.00%

23

4.88%

7

2.95%

11

4.95%

  1. The table shows number and percentage of students who reported bullying victimization (frequent or distressing) and severe bullying (frequently and distressing, cyberbullying of others (cyberbullying perpetration) and those who report having frequently been victims of cyberbullying (Cyberbullying victimization)