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Table 1 Sources of intentional injury in past 12 months among adolescents aged 14–17 years

From: Intentional injury reported by young people in the Federated States of Micronesia, Kingdom of Tonga and Vanuatu

Variables

Boys: period prevalence % (95% CI)

 

Pohnpei n = 712

Tonga n = 502

Vanuatu n = 1576

Father

26 (18–35)

15 (12–18)

10 (8 -11)

Mother

23 (15–31)

12 (7 -16)

6 (5 -8)

Teacher(s)

13 (9–16)

14 (11–17)

7 (5 -9)

Police

13 (10–15)

11 (8 -14)

5 (3 -6)

Boyfriend/Girlfriend

31 (25–37)

27 (22–32)

12 (10–13)

Other person

38 (35–41)

41 (36–46)

21 (18–24)

Any above

62 (53–72)

58 (52–65)

33 (30–36)

 

Girls: period prevalence % (95% CI)

 

Pohnpei n = 763

Tonga n = 668

Vanuatu n = 1478

Father

24 (21–26)

10 (7 -14)

10 (8 -11)

Mother

39 (33–44)

11 (9 -14)

10 (7 -12)

Teacher(s)

7 (6 -8)

10 (7 -12)

5 (3 -7)

Police

4 (3 -4)

4 (3 -6)

2 (2 -3)

Boyfriend/Girlfriend

24 (22–27)

18 (15–22)

8 (6 -10)

Other person

22 (20–23)

24 (20–28)

10 (9 -12)

Any above

56 (52–60)

41 (35–46)

24 (21–27)

  1. n = number with non-missing value of any of the category.
  2. 95% CI adjusted for clustering effect by school and corrected for finite population sampling.