Research Article
Behavioral Disorder amongst Adolescents Attending Secondary School in Southeast Nigeria
Table 8
Associations of social class with specific manifestation of behavioral problems.
| | Number of times of physical fight in past 12 months | | None | 1–5 | >5 |
| Social class | | | | Upper class | 318 (75.4) | 95 (22.5) | 9 (2.1) | Middle class | 119 (69.2) | 45 (26.2) | 8 (4.7) | Lower class | 113 (66.5) | 53 (31.2) | 4 (2.4) | | | = 0.085 | |
| | Ever thought of suicide in past 12 months | | | Yes | No | |
| Social class | | | | Upper class | 26 (6.2) | 396 (93.8) | | Middle class | 8 (4.7) | 164 (95.3) | | Lower class | 13 (7.6) | 157 (92.4) | | | | = 0.514 | |
| | Ever bullied in past 12 months | | | Yes | No | |
| Social class | | | | Upper class | 40 (9.5) | 382 (90.5) | | Middle class | 36 (20.9) | 136 (79.1) | | Lower class | 36 (21.2) | 134 (78.8) | | | | = 0.000 | |
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