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Table 2 Frequency of bullying, being bullied, life dissatisfaction, and poor Self-rated health according to sex and socioeconomic variables: the CASPIAN-V study

From: Socioeconomic inequality in violent behaviors, life dissatisfaction, and self-rated health in pediatric population: the CASPIAN-V study

Variable

Bullying

n (%)

p-Value

Being

bullied

n (%)

p-Value

Life dissatisfaction n (%)

p-Value

Poor Self-rated health, n (%)

p-Value

Sex

Boy

2583 (35.9)

0.486

1573 (21.8)

0.137

1508 (21.0)

0.738

1345 (18.8)

0.538

Girl

2477 (35.3)

1460 (20.8)

1488 (21.2)

1341 (19.2)

Living area

Urban

3562 (35.1)

0.061

2128 (21.0)

0.106

2110 (20.8)

0.213

1929 (19.1)

0.589

Rural

1498 (36.8)

905 (22.2)

886 (21.8)

757 (18.8)

Family size

≤4

2382 (35.5)

0.915

1421 (21.1)

0.505

1270 (18.9)

< 0.001*

1279 (19.1)

0.955

> 4

2579 (35.4)

1575 (21.6)

1693 (23.2)

1380 (19.1)

Maternal education level

College degree

445 (29.4)

< 0.001*

304 (20.1)

< 0.001*

293 (19.4)

< 0.001*

246 (16.3)

< 0.001*

Diploma and less

3591 (35.6)

2090 (20.7)

1978 (19.6)

1862 (18.6)

Illiterate

976 (39.2)

621 (24.9)

680 (27.3)

558 (22.6)

Paternal education level

College degree

615 (32.7)

0.010*

347 (18.4)

0.001*

365 (19.4)

0.110

284 (15.1)

< 0.001*

Diploma and less

3645 (36.1)

2243 (22.2)

2142 (21.2)

1963 (19.6)

Illiterate

591 (34.2)

357 (20.7)

382 (22.1)

354 (20.7)

Maternal occupation status

Employed

603 (33.4)

0.036*

405 (22.5)

0.223

373 (20.7)

0.661

319 (17.8)

0.138

Unemployed

4443 (36.0)

2620 (21.2)

2610 (21.1)

2360 (19.2)

Paternal occupation status

Employed

4573 (35.5)

0.881

2771 (21.5)

0.151

2667 (20.7)

0.011*

199 (16.1)

0.005**

Unemployed

444 (35.7)

246 (19.8)

296 (23.8)

2478 (19.4)

  1. n number
  2. * a P-value below 0.05 was considered as statistically significant