Bullying and other risk factors related to adolescent suicidal behaviours in the Philippines: a look into the 2011 GSHS Survey

Table 1 Demographic information and the prevalence of selected risk factors

Measures
	Female		Male		Full sample
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
11 – 13 years old	713	23.9	485	21.4	1205	22.8
14 – 16 years old	2253	75.4	1778	78.1	4044	76.5
Being bullied	1420	49.8	964	45.2	2379	47.9
Anxiety	345	11.6	239	10.5	587	11.1
Loneliness	491	16.8	290	13	788	15.2
Being physically attacked	863	29	836	36.9	1709	32.5
Getting in fights	866	29.3	897	39.7	1772	33.8
Alcohol use in the past 30 days	427	14.6	597	27	1031	19.9
Getting in trouble due to alcohol use	164	5.5	213	9.8	380	7.4
No close friends	79	2.7	86	3.8	166	3.2
Having kind and helpful peers	1015	34.2	687	30.6	1706	32.6
Having understanding parents	860	29	555	24.7	1420	27.1
Parental control	1053	35.5	603	26.9	1662	31.7
Truancy	837	28.2	806	35.9	1650	31.5
Suicidal ideation	593	20.1	264	11.6	863	16.6
Suicide plans	374	12.7	216	9.8	592	11.5
Suicide attempts	417	14	257	11.3	678	12.9

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