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Table 2 Factors associated with being bullied

From: Prevalence and correlates of being bullied among in-school adolescents in Beijing: results from the 2003 Beijing Global School-Based Health Survey

Factor

Crude odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

Age

  

≤12

0.98 (0.96–1.00)

1.29 (1.26–1.32)

13

0.92 (0.90–0.93)

1.04 (1.02–1.05)

14

1.23 (1.21–1.24)

1.20 (1.18–1.22)

15

0.95 (0.93–0.96)

0.79 (0.77–0.80)

16+

1

1

Sex

  

Male

1.21 (1.20–1.22)

1.21 (1.20–1.22)

Female

1

1

Loneliness

  

Yes

1.58 (1.56–1.59)

1.44 (1.42–1.45)

No

1

1

Worried

  

Yes

1.43 (1.42–1.45)

1.30 (1.29–1.32)

No

1

1

Sad/hopelessness

  

Yes

1.43 (1.41–1.44)

1.21 (1.19–1.22)

No

1

1

Had close friends

  

Yes

0.75 (0.74–0.76)

0.84 (0.83–0.86)

No

1

1

Smoked cigarettes

  

Yes

1.28 (1.26–1.29)

1.09 (1.08–1.11)

No

1

1

Drank alcohol

  

Yes

1.45 (1.43–1.46)

1.31 (1.29–1.32)

No

1

1

Ever been drunk

  

Yes

1.29 (1.28–1.31)

0.86 (0.84–0.87)

No

1

1

Missed classes

  

Yes

1.49 (1.47–1.52)

1.24 (1.22–1.27)

No

1

1

Parental supervision

  

Yes

0.70 (0.70–0.71)

0.80 (0.80–0.81)

No

1

1