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Table 1 Characteristics (%) of cyber harassed 9th grade boys and girls. The Scania public health survey among children and adolescents, 2012

From: Subjective health complaints in adolescent victims of cyber harassment: moderation through support from parents/friends - a Swedish population-based study

 

Boys

p-valuea

Girls

p-valuea

Cyber harassed past year

Cyber harassed past year

No (n = 3372; 86 %)

Yes, once (n = 351; 9 %)

Yes, several times (n = 189; 5 %)

No (n = 3333; 80 %)

Yes, once (n = 562; 13 %)

Yes, several times (n = 287; 7 %)

Parental occupation

 Both parents working

83.5

78.8

75.3

 

80.4

74.8

74.6

 

 One parent working

13.7

17.2

18.4

 

15.7

21.4

18.7

 

 No parent working

2.8

4.1

6.3

0.007**

3.9

3.9

6.7

0.003**

Parental origin

        

 Both parents born in Sweden

67.2

70.1

63.8

 

65.6

69.2

67.8

 

 One parent born in Sweden, one abroad

11.9

9.9

16.2

 

11.3

13.2

15.5

 

 Both parents born abroad

20.9

20.1

20.0

0.288

23.2

17.5

16.6

0.002**

Daily smoking

 No

95.1

91.1

77.3

 

94.8

90.3

83.8

 

 Yes

4.9

8.9

22.7

0.000***

5.2

9.7

16.2

0.000***

Intense alcohol consumption

 No

85.7

77.3

68.9

 

87.5

79.0

73.0

 

 Yes

14.3

22.7

31.1

0.000***

12.5

21.0

27.0

0.000***

Weight

        

 Normal weight

77.1

73.3

71.2

 

88.6

89.3

85.9

 

 Overweight

19.1

22.4

24.7

 

9.5

9.5

10.3

 

 Obese

3.8

4.3

4.1

0.257

1.8

1.2

3.8

0.136

Disability

 No

77.4

67.3

58.5

 

80.1

72.0

65.0

 

 Yes

22.6

32.7

41.5

0.000***

19.9

28.0

35.0

0.000***

Bullied traditionally more than once a month

 No

97.5

91.6

71.5

 

97.8

94.5

76.8

 

 Yes

2.5

8.4

28.5

0.000***

2.2

5.5

23.2

0.000***

Easy to talk to friends if problems

 Yes

77.2

72.4

66.0

 

80.8

77.8

74.6

 

 No

22.8

27.6

34.0

0.000***

19.2

22.2

25.4

0.017*

Easy to talk to parents if problems

 Yes

68.5

55.2

47.9

 

63.1

52.0

46.2

 

 No

31.5

44.8

52.1

0.000***

36.9

48.0

53.8

0.000***

SHC-index 8–40b

        

 Mean

15.2

17.6

20.8

0.000***

18.9

22.1

24.8

0.000***

 Median

14

17

20

 

18

22

25

 

 SD

5.3

5.5

7.8

 

6.0

6.1

6.8

 
  1. Significance levels: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  2. aPearson chi-square test for all variables except SHC-index
  3. bOne-way ANOVA