Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Research Article

The Prevalence of Very Frequent Physical Fighting among Boys and Girls in 27 Countries and Cities: Regional and Gender Differences

Table 1

Characteristics of Global School-based Student Health Surveys for selected countries and the US 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
CountryYearTotal sampleType of representationSchool response RateStudent response rateParticipation rateBoys (Wtd.%)Girls (Wtd.%)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Botswana20052,197National100%95%95%45.0%55.0%
Ghana20076,236National97%86%83%53.4%46.6%
Kenya20033,691National96%87%84%48.7%51.3%
Namibia20046,367National95%86%82%45.2%54.8%
Swaziland20037,341National97%99%96%36.2%63.8%
Uganda20033,215National90%76%69%51.2%48.8%
Tanzania20062,176Dar Es Salaam100%87%87%47.9%52.1%
Zambia20042,257National94%75%70%48.9%51.1%
Central and South America
Argentina20071,980National94%82%77%48.0%52.0%
Guyana20041,212National100%80%80%49.0%51.0%
Trinidad and Tobago20072,969National100%78%78%49.8%50.2%
Uruguay20063,406National95%75%71%45.2%54.8%
ASIA
Indonesia20073,116National98%95%93%49.9%50.1%
Myanmar20072,806National100%95%95%50.8%49.2%
Sri Lanka20082,611National100%89%89%50.0%50.0%
Thailand20082,767National100%93%93%48.5%51.5%
China20032,348Beijing100%99%99%50.5%49.5%
Philippines20037,338National99%85%84%43.2%56.8%
Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt20065,349National100%87%87%51.9%48.1%
Djibouti20071,777National85%98%83%60.2%39.8%
Jordan20042,457National100%95%95%50.3%49.7%
Lebanon20055,115National92%96%88%47.7%52.3%
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya20072,242National100%98%98%50.1%49.9%
Morocco20062,670National100%84%84%54.7%45.3%
Oman20052,979National100%97%97%52.6%47.4%
United Arab Emirates200515,790National97%91%89%50.0%50.0%
United States
US200916,410National81%88%71%47.8%52.2%