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Table 1 Description of physical fighting and fighting-related injuries by individual and area-level affluence characteristics in the 2009/2010 HBSC study

From: Physical fighting, fighting-related injuries and family affluence among Canadian youth

  

Physical fighting

Fighting-related injury

  

Overall

Males

Female

Overall

Males

Females

 

Overall N

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Overall

26078

8945

(35.6)

5944

(48.7)

2997

(23.2)

665

(2.7)

443

(3.7)

222

(1.7)

Individual-level characteristics

             

Self-perceived affluence

             

Low

2278

964

(42.3)

555

(54.3)

408

(32.6)

104

(4.6)

51

(5.0)

53

(4.2)

Moderate

8103

3073

(37.9)

1882

(51.0)

1190

(26.9)

267

(3.3)

168

(4.6)

98

(2.3)

High

13746

4504

(32.8)

3228

(46.5)

1274

(18.7)

268

(1.9)

202

(2.9)

67

(1.0)

Total

24127

8541

 

5666

 

2873

 

639

 

421

 

218

 

Family affluence scale

             

Low

576

253

(43.9)

147

(54.9)

106

(34.3)

41

(7.2)

33

(12.7)

8

(2.5)

Moderate

7734

2688

(34.8)

1687

(46.1)

999

(24.5)

193

(2.5)

115

(3.2)

78

(1.9)

High

15295

5338

(34.9)

3607

(49.2)

1731

(21.7)

376

(2.5)

255

(3.5)

121

(1.5)

Total

23605

8279

 

5441

 

2836

 

610

 

403

 

206

 

Area-level characteristics

             

Average household income

             

Low

8251

3006

(36.4)

1910

(48.2)

1096

(25.6)

230

(2.8)

138

(3.6)

92

(2.2)

Moderate

8178

2931

(35.8)

1930

(49.9)

999

(23.2)

224

(2.8)

147

(3.8)

77

(1.8)

High

8415

2872

(34.1)

2010

(47.7)

862

(20.5)

197

(2.4)

147

(3.5)

50

(1.2)

Total

24884

8809

 

5850

   

651

 

432

 

219

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