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Differences in prevalence of bullying victimization between native and immigrant children in the N ordic countries: a parent‐reported serial cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Bjereld Y.,
Daneback K.,
Petzold M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/cch.12184
Subject(s) - immigration , cross sectional study , confounding , injury prevention , odds , poison control , odds ratio , occupational safety and health , demography , medicine , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , psychology , environmental health , logistic regression , geography , archaeology , pathology , sociology
Background Bullying among children is a problem with severe consequences for the victim. The present study examined parent‐reported bullying victimization among children in the N ordic countries at two points in time, 1996 and 2011, and studied differences in prevalence of bullying victimization between immigrant and native children. Methods Data came from the parent‐reported N ord C hild, carried out in the N ordic countries in 1996 and 2011. N ord C hild is a serial cross‐sectional comparative study. A total of 7107 children aged 7–13 were included in the analyses. Results The prevalence of bullying victimization in the total N ordic countries was lower in 2011 (19.2%) than 1996 (21.7%). Difference in prevalence of bullying victimization was found both between native and immigrant children, and between countries. The largest difference in prevalence of bullying victimization was measured in S weden 2011, where 8.6% of the native children were bullied, to be compared with the 27.8% of the immigrant children. Immigrant children had higher odds to be bullied than native children in N orway, S weden and in the total N ordic countries at both measurements, also when adjusted for potentially confounding factors. Conclusions The higher prevalence of bullying victimization among immigrant children should be taken into consideration in the design and development of preventive work against bullying.