Forms of Bullying and Associations Between School Perceptions and Being Bullied Among Finnish Secondary School Students Aged 13 and 15

Table 5 Binary logistic regression analysis: factors associated with being bullied

Items	n	Bullied, %	OR	Sig.	95% confidence interval
Gender
Boys	1812	30	1.697	< 0.001	1.445–1.992
Girls	2044	26	1.00
Age
13	1871	32	1.979	< 0.001	1.682–2.328
15	1985	24	1.00
Perceived family affluence
Good	2682	26	1.00
Average	960	30	1.069	0.464	0.894–1.279
Poor	214	48	1.913	< 0.001	1.399–2.615
Expectations for further studies
High school	2111	27	1.00
Vocational school	1344	28	.931	0.431	0.779–1.112
Academic achievement
Good	2237	27	1.021	0.814	0.861–1.279
Average or below	1619	29	1.00
Feeling of loneliness
Yes	2135	37	2.820	< 0.001	2.385–3.335
No	1721	17	1.00
School engagement
High	2802	24	1.00
Low	1054	40	1.618	< 0.001	1.336–1.959
Parental support
Supportive	3501	27	1.00
Not supportive	355	36	1.076	0.582	0.829–1.397
Liking school
Much	2251	25	1.097	0.331	0.910–1.323
Less	1605	32	1.00
Student relations
Good relations	2934	22	1.00
Poor relations	922	46	2.650	< 0.001	2.220–3.164
Academic support
High	2528	25	1.00
Low	1328	32	1.090	0.356	0.908–1.309
Teacher-student relations
High	2752	26	1.236	0.046	1.004–1.521
Low	1104	32	1.00
School strain
High	1807	32	1.129	0.167	0.950–1.342
Low	2049	25	1.00