Table 3 Prevalence of school violence and student depression
| Â | Freq (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Male | Female | Primary | Secondary | ||||||
School violence | ||||||||||
 Violence from school staff | ||||||||||
  Emotional violence, lifetime | 512/1493 | 34% | 292/799 | 36% | 220/694 | 31% | 376/1166 | 32% | 136/327 | 39% |
  Emotional violence, past week | 275/1493 | 18% | 144/799 | 17% | 131/694 | 19% | 218/1166 | 18% | 57/327 | 17% |
  Physical violence, lifetime | 1169/1493 | 81% | 649/799 | 84% | 520/694 | 77% | 953/1166 | 82% | 216/327 | 78% |
  Physical violence, past week | 807/1493 | 56% | 436/799 | 57% | 371/694 | 55% | 693/1166 | 59% | 114/327 | 47% |
  Sexual violence, lifetime | 30/1040 | 3% | 15/574 | 3% | 15/466 | 4% | 15/713 | 3% | 15/327 | 5% |
 Outcome: Any violence from  school staff, past week | 868/1493 | 60% | 472/799 | 61% | 396/694 | 58% | 729/1166 | 62% | 139/327 | 53% |
 Violence from peers | ||||||||||
  Emotional violence, lifetime | 309/1039 | 31% | 188/574 | 35% | 121/465 | 26% | 211/713 | 30% | 98/326 | 31% |
  Emotional violence, past week | 151/1039 | 15% | 82/574 | 15% | 69/465 | 15% | 113/713 | 17% | 38/326 | 12% |
  Physical violence, lifetime | 268/1040 | 28% | 186/574 | 35% | 82/466 | 19% | 205/713 | 29% | 63/327 | 25% |
  Physical violence, past week | 142/1040 | 14% | 92/574 | 17% | 50/466 | 11% | 119/713 | 17% | 23/327 | 9% |
  Sexual violence, lifetime | 88/1040 | 8% | 46/574 | 9% | 42/466 | 7% | 47/713 | 8% | 41/327 | 8% |
  Sexual violence, past week | 39/1040 | 4% | 18/574 | 4% | 21/466 | 4% | 24/713 | 4% | 15/327 | 3% |
 Outcome: Any violence from peers, past week | 243/1040 | 24% | 141/574 | 26% | 102/466 | 22% | 188/713 | 27% | 55/327 | 18% |
 Outcome: Aggressive behaviours in past week | 357/1040 | 34% | 201/574 | 36% | 156/466 | 33% | 264/713 | 36% | 93/327 | 31% |
Mental health | ||||||||||
 Outcome: Depression symptoms, past week | 132/1493 | 8% | 72/799 | 8% | 60/694 | 8% | 88/1166 | 8% | 44/327 | 10% |