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Table 2 Chi-square comparison of potential factors associated with sexting between boys and girls (N = 917)

From: Sexting among peruvian adolescents

Cyberbullied in the past 12 months

 

Boy

 

Girl

 

Stat

Sig

 

Yes

60

19.11

131

21.72

0.8572

0.355

 

No

254

80.89

472

78.28

  

Number of fights in the past 12 months

       
 

0

112

34.78

490

78.90

213.4755

0.000

 

1-2

79

24.53

85

13.69

  
 

3-4

77

23.91

23

3.70

  
 

5-6

23

7.14

10

1.61

  
 

7-8

7

2.17

9

1.45

  
 

9-10

7

2.17

2

0.32

  
 

10-11

2

0.62

0

0.00

  
 

12+

15

4.66

2

0.32

  

Parents would be disappointed if you had sex

       
 

Very bad

121

39.80

499

85.15

210.9575

0.000

 

Bad

55

18.09

47

8.02

  
 

Not bad

61

20.07

25

4.27

  
 

Absolutely not bad at all

67

22.04

15

2.56

  

Sexting

       
 

Yes

102

35.17

76

13.19

57.0565

0.000

 

No

188

64.83

500

86.81

  

Parents have rules about sexting

       
 

Yes

119

41.72

288

53.53

10.3377

0.001

 

No

166

58.25

250

46.47

  

# text messages sent yesterday

       
 

0-5 minutes texting

183

60.60

378

65.51

3.2839

0.350

 

5-30 minutes texting

63

20.86

93

16.12

  
 

30-60 minutes texting

18

5.96

33

5.72

  
 

More than 60 minutes texting

38

12.58

73

12.65

  

Academic Achievement

       
 

0-64%

17

5.28

46

7.46

3.6791

0.451

 

65-70%

77

23.91

163

26.42

  
 

71-80%

138

42.86

262

42.46

  
 

81-90%

79

24.53

126

20.42

  
 

91-100%

11

3.42

20

3.24

  
  1. Note: due to some instances of missing data, some categories may not be equal to the total sample of respondents.