Prevalence of practice of bullying reported by Brazilian students: data from the National School Health Survey, 2015

Silva, Jorge Luiz da; Oliveira, Wanderlei Abadio de; Mello, Flávia Carvalho de Malta; Prado, Rogério Ruscitto do; Silva, Marta Angélica Iossi; Malta, Deborah Carvalho

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE • Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde 28 (2) • 2019 • https://doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742019000200005 copy

Prevalence of practice of bullying reported by Brazilian students: data from the National School Health Survey, 2015

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Abstract

Objective:

to identify the practice of bullying reported by Brazilian students, according to sex, age and geographical location.

Methods:

this was a cross-sectional study based on two national samples from the National School Health Survey (PeNSE), 2015; a total of 102,301 students participated in the study forming a nationally representative sample; data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire.

Results:

bullying prevalence was 19.8% (95%CI - 19.2;20.3), with higher prevalence in the Southeast region of the country (22.2% - 95%CI 21.1;23.4), and in the State of São Paulo (24.2% - 95%CI 22.3;26.2), however the city with the highest prevalence was Boa Vista (25.5% - 95%CI 22.9;28.1), capital of the State of Roraima; boys (24.2% - 95%CI 23.4;25.0) practiced more bullying than girls (15.6% - 95%CI 14.9;16.2), as did younger students aged 13 to 15 years (22.0% - 95%CI 20.4;23.6).

Conclusion:

higher rates of reported bullying practices were found among adolescents from the Southeast region, among male and younger students.

Keywords:
Bullying; School Health Services; Adolescent Health; Cross-Sectional Studies

Regions and Federative Units	Total		Sex
	Total		Male		Female
	%	95%CI^a	%	95%CI^a	%	95%CI^a
North	17.9	16.9;18.8	21.5	20.1;22.9	14.5	13.4;15.6
Rondônia	16.7	14.9;18.5	20.6	18.0;23.2	13.0	11.0;15.0
Acre	19.9	18.0;21.8	25.2	22.7;27.8	14.7	12.4;16.9
Amazonas	21.0	19.0;23.1	25.3	22.8;27.8	16.8	14.5;19.0
Roraima	22.8	21.0;24.7	24.9	22.3;27.6	20.7	18.2;23.1
Pará	16.0	14.2;17.8	19.2	16.5;21.9	13.1	11.1;15.2
Amapá	18.6	17.2;19.9	22.8	20.5;25.2	14.5	13.1;15.9
Tocantins	16.4	14.6;18.3	18.4	16.0;20.9	14.5	12.2;16.9
Northeast	16.9	16.1;17.6	21.6	20.6;22.6	12.8	12.0;13.6
Maranhão	16.8	15.2;18.5	19.7	17.2;22.2	14.4	12.1;16.7
Piauí	14.0	12.8;15.3	17.3	15.2;19.4	11.2	9.6;12.8
Ceará	18.7	17.3;20.1	23.6	21.5;25.8	14.0	12.0;15.9
Rio Grande do Norte	14.8	13.4;16.2	19.5	17.4;21.5	10.8	9.2;12.3
Paraíba	17.9	16.4;19.3	22.3	20.3;24.3	14.3	12.5;16.0
Pernambuco	18.0	16.3;19.8	23.2	20.6;25.8	13.1	11.5;14.6
Alagoas	15.4	13.1;17.7	20.0	16.7;23.2	11.3	9.2;13.5
Sergipe	14.7	13.4;15.9	19.7	17.8;21.7	10.6	9.3;12.0
Bahia	16.5	14.2;18.7	22.1	19.2;25.0	12.1	9.9;14.4
Southeast	22.2	21.1;23.4	26.4	24.8;28.0	18.1	16.7;19.5
Minas Gerais	20.2	18.4;21.9	25.7	23.3;28.1	14.8	12.7;16.9
Espírito Santo	20.2	18.3;22.1	25.5	22.7;28.3	15.3	13.1;17.4
Rio de Janeiro	19.8	18.4;21.2	22.2	20.3;24.1	17.7	15.7;19.7
São Paulo	24.2	22.3;26.2	28.1	25.4;30.9	20.2	17.8;22.6
South	18.9	17.9;19.9	23.8	22.3;25.3	14.1	12.7;15.4
Paraná	20.2	18.6;21.8	24.7	22.4;27.0	15.5	13.1;17.8
Santa Catarina	18.8	16.8;20.8	24.5	21.4;27.6	13.9	11.9;16.0
Rio Grande do Sul	17.0	15.4;18.7	21.8	19.2;24.3	12.3	9.9;14.7
Midwest	20.2	19.2;21.1	25.0	23.7;26.3	15.4	14.3;16.6
Mato Grosso do Sul	20.0	18.0;22.0	25.4	22.4;28.3	14.8	12.6;17.1
Mato Grosso	19.9	17.5;22.3	23.2	20.4;26.0	16.5	13.6;17.4
Goiás	18.6	17.4;19.9	23.6	21.5;25.7	13.6	11.9;15.2
Federal District	23.6	21.5;25.7	29.7	27.0;32.5	18.2	15.5;20.9
Brazil	19.8	19.2;20.3	24.2	23.4;25.0	15.6	14.9;16.2

State Capitals	Total		Sex
	Total		Male		Female
	%	95%CI^a	%	95%CI^a	%	95%CI^a
Porto Velho	20.0	17.7;22.3	27.3	23.8;30.8	13.5	11.3;15.7
Rio Branco	21.4	18.8;24.0	27.3	23.8;30.8	15.7	12.7;18.7
Manaus	20.4	17.7;23.1	24.7	21.1;28.4	15.9	13.1;18.7
Boa Vista	25.5	22.9;28.1	28.2	24.3;32.1	22.8	19.5;26.1
Belém	16.8	15.0;18.7	20.5	17.7;23.3	13.4	11.1;15.7
Macapá	19.7	17.8;21.6	24.6	21.2;28.1	15.0	13.2;16.8
Palmas	16.6	14.5;18.7	20.9	17.0;24.7	12.9	10.5;15.2
São Luís	18.0	15.9;20.0	20.0	16.7;23.3	16.0	13.4;18.6
Teresina	17.2	15.4;18.9	21.4	18.1;24.7	13.4	11.3;15.6
Fortaleza	19.9	18.1;21.7	26.3	23.3;29.2	13.8	11.5;16.1
Natal	17.3	15.6;19.0	22.1	19.1;25.1	12.6	10.6;14.6
João Pessoa	18.5	16.6;20.5	23.9	21.2;26.6	13.7	11.3;16.2
Recife	17.7	15.5;19.8	22.9	19.8;25.9	13.0	10.9;15.0
Maceió	18.5	16.4;20.7	24.6	21.7;27.6	13.1	10.1;16.1
Aracaju	16.8	14.7;18.9	21.4	18.5;24.2	12.7	10.2;15.2
Salvador	17.3	15.4;19.3	20.6	18.0;23.2	14.6	12.1;17.1
Belo Horizonte	19.8	17.7;21.9	23.8	21.1;26.5	15.7	13.2;18.2
Vitória	21.0	18.5;23.4	23.8	20.8;26.8	18.3	15.5;21.0
Rio de Janeiro	19.9	17.7;22.1	23.7	20.9;26.6	16.6	13.8;19.4
São Paulo	23.0	20.6;25.3	29.1	25.8;32.5	16.7	14.0;19.4
Curitiba	19.4	17.9;21.0	26.4	23.5;29.3	12.6	10.4;14.8
Florianópolis	17.1	14.7;19.5	22.3	18.7;25.8	12.6	9.5;15.6
Porto Alegre	20.6	17.5;23.7	24.4	20.3;28.4	16.3	11.7;20.8
Campo Grande	20.1	17.5;22.6	25.5	21.5;29.6	14.7	12.0;17.3
Cuiabá	19.6	17.4;21.9	24.2	21.2;27.2	15.3	12.9;17.7
Goiânia	19.7	17.7;21.7	24.4	21.7;27.2	14.7	12.7;16.7
Brasília, DF	23.6	21.5;25.7	29.7	27.0;32.5	18.2	15.5;20.9
Total	20.5	19.7;21.2	25.6	24.5;26.7	15.6	14.7;16.4

Age range	Total		Sex
	Total		Male		Female
	%	95%CI^a	%	95%CI^a	%	95%CI^a
13-15 years
Brazil	22.0	20.4;23.6	26.8	24.4;29.2	17.0	15.4;18.5
North	17.7	14.2;21.2	21.4	17.9;24.9	13.8	9.4;18.2
Northeast	21.8	18.4;25.2	28.2	23.6;32.9	15.0	11.8;18.2
Southeast	24.1	21.3;26.9	27.9	23.3;32.6	20.2	17.6;22.7
South	19.9	17.3;22.5	24.8	21.3;28.4	14.7	11.4;18.0
Midwest	20.5	18.0;23.0	25.6	21.4;29.8	15.4	13.0;17.9
16- 17 years
Brazil	17.7	16.2;19.3	23.5	21.0;25.9	12.2	10.0;14.4
North	17.9	13.8;22.0	25.2	18.7;31.6	9.5	5.0;14.0
Northeast	15.2	12.1;18.3	19.8	15.7;24.0	10.5	6.4;14.7
Southeast	19.3	16.6;22.0	25.0	20.2;29.7	14.2	10.2;18.2
South	19.4	16.1;22.8	26.7	21.9;31.6	12.5	8.8;16.2
Midwest	15.2	12.5;17.9	21.6	16.6;26.6	9.2	6.1;12.2

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[1] Correspondence: Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira - Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Av. Bandeirantes, No. 3900, Sala 75, Monte Alegre, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Postcode: 14040-900 E-mail: wanderleio@us.br; wanderleio@hotmail.com