The Prevalence of Very Frequent Physical Fighting among Boys and Girls in 27 Countries and Cities: Regional and Gender Differences
Table 2
The prevalence of involvement in any and frequent physical fighting overall and by gender across 27 countries and cities.
Country
Prevalence of any fighting %
Prevalence of frequent fighting (>12) %
Multinomial logistic regression analysis of the association between sex and frequent fighting
Overall
Boys
Girls
Overall
Boys
Girls
Fought < 12
Fought ≥ 12
OR
OR (95% CI)
OR
OR (95% CI)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Botswana
47.17
53.13
41.51
3.74
4.18
3.32
1.60
1.30–1.97
1.57
1.03–2.39
Ghana
53.50
52.18
55.01
4.31
4.55
4.04
0.88
0.78–0.99
1.06
0.78–1.43
Kenya
49.71
52.39
47.15
5.32
6.43
4.25
1.19
0.92–1.53
1.68
1.08–2.61
Namibia
50.26
55.18
46.19
5.32
6.43
4.40
1.40
1.23–1.59
1.75
1.32–2.34
Swaziland
27.99
37.58
22.62
1.65
2.97
0.92
1.98
1.70–2.29
4.02
2.46–6.55
Uganda
34.99
37.88
31.94
2.94
3.50
2.36
1.27
0.98–1.65
1.63
0.94–2.81
Tanzania
40.53
45.37
36.65
1.81
2.54
1.21
1.40
1.17–1.68
2.43
1.09–5.40
Zambia
51.45
49.28
54.01
7.66
6.29
9.28
0.87
0.64–1.18
0.61
0.37–1.03
Central and South America
Argentina
31.27
43.83
19.63
2.93
4.36
1.61
3.13
2.36–4.16
3.87
2.05–7.30
Guyana
34.14
46.28
22.46
2.58
3.22
1.97
3.03
2.33–3.95
2.37
0.86–6.50
Trinidad and Tobago
41.84
55.89
27.88
5.81
8.90
2.75
3.06
2.47–3.78
5.29
3.14–8.92
Uruguay
31.32
46.09
19.16
2.05
3.70
0.69
3.44
2.76–4.29
8.09
4.17–15.69
ASIA
Indonesia
33.76
46.95
20.63
1.83
2.28
1.39
3.47
2.77–4.34
2.46
1.19–5.07
Myanmar
15.86
21.71
9.80
0.53
0.98
0.07
2.46
1.83–3.30
15.60
1.65–147.93
Sri Lanka
47.28
60.27
34.34
2.69
3.26
2.12
2.92
2.44–3.50
2.54
1.52–4.25
Thailand
33.30
45.61
21.73
2.52
3.36
1.73
3.04
2.41–3.84
2.80
1.56–5.04
China
16.59
26.98
5.98
1.93
3.48
0.34
5.36
3.74–7.70
13.10
4.58–37.47
Philippines
50.02
51.63
48.80
3.22
3.59
2.94
1.11
0.92–1.34
1.29
0.86–1.95
Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt
54.78
65.25
43.46
4.58
5.41
3.67
2.45
1.65–3.62
2.40
0.66–8.72
Djibouti
57.65
63.95
48.08
5.96
7.99
2.87
1.78
1.45–2.19
4.01
2.56–6.28
Jordan
45.91
64.09
27.55
5.33
8.39
2.24
4.44
3.32–5.95
7.56
3.87–14.75
Lebanon
45.98
64.56
28.99
5.24
8.92
1.87
4.11
3.62–4.67
9.54
6.79–13.40
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
41.54
57.95
25.11
6.11
10.29
1.92
3.66
2.82–4.76
9.52
5.66–16.03
Morocco
43.69
62.18
21.31
2.78
4.39
0.82
5.87
4.70–7.34
11.12
5.31–23.28
Oman
41.10
45.73
35.97
5.31
5.75
4.83
1.51
1.23–1.87
1.40
0.91–2.18
United Arab Emirates
43.20
56.93
29.54
5.45
8.25
2.65
2.96
2.64–3.32
5.09
4.02–6.44
United States
USA
31.41
39.26
22.90
2.55
3.99
0.99
2.04
1.84–2.27
5.13
3.46–7.60
The multinomial logistic regression analyses predicted the odds for engaging in frequent and any fighting relative to not fighting, with girls as the reference group.
