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Table 1 Description of the sample: Individual, School and City level characteristics in the National Survey of Schoolchildren’s Health (PENSE 2009) dataset

From: Individual and contextual factors associated with verbal bullying among Brazilian adolescents

Individual variables (n=59,348)

% (95% CI)

Gender

 

Female

52.76 (52.09 - 53.43)

Male

47.24 (46.57- 47.91)

Age band

 

<=13y

24.53 (23.46 - 25.63)

14 y

47.19 (46.02- 48.36)

15y

18.20 (17.16 - 19.29)

>=16y

10.08 (9.33- 10.88)

Race/color

 

White

40.23 (38.94 -41.53)

Brown or mixed-race

39.11 (38.00 - 40.24)

Black

12.83 (12.20 - 13.48)

Asian

3.74 (3.45 - 4.06)

Native Brazilian indian

4.10 (3.82 - 4.37)

Maternal Educational level

 

Incomplete middle school

31.70 (30.32 - 33.10)

Complete middle school

16.89 (16.27 - 17.53)

Complete high school

31.55 (30.33 - 32.80)

Complete higher education

19.86 (18.54 -21.26)

Family Arrangement

 

Two parents

58.37 (57.42- 59.31)

Only one parent

36.38 (35.54 -37.24)

Other

5.25 (04.92- 05.59)

Victim of domestic violence

 

None

90.49 (89.98- 90.98)

Once

5.17 (04.84 - 05.53)

Twice or more

4.33 (04.01 - 04.68)

Nutritional Status

 

Underweight

2.87 (2.64 - 03.12)

Eutrophic

74.00 (73.26 - 74.73)

Overweight

15.93 (15.37 - 16.51)

Obese

7.20 (6.86 - 07.56)

Bullying victim

14.20 (13.60 -14.75 )

GS score (Mean (SE))

12.02 (0.067)

School Characteristics (n=1,453)

Total % (95% C.I.)

Public

75.95 (74.52 - 77.32)

Private

24.05 (22.68 - 25.48)

Tertiles of GS score (Mean (SE))

11.92 (0.07)

Coefficient of variation of GS score (Mean (SE))

28.3 (0.21)

City Characteristics (n=27)

Total Mean (SE)

Per capita Income

19,949.58 (15,157.06)

Homicide ratea

37.92 (3.03)

GINI Index

0.53 (0.01)

  1. arate per 100,000 inhabitants.
  2. 95% (CI) = 95% Confidence Intervals.