Abstract
Belgium has a population of 10.5 million inhabitants, 8.7% of whom are of foreign origin (5.5% are citizens from the European Union, while 3.2% are of other nationalities). The average annual per capita income is €13.222.
The tertiary sector accounts for about two-thirds of the Belgian economy, and this share is on the rise; it has risen from 63.7% in 2000 to 66.7% in the next 5 years. The industry sector and the construction sector together account for just over 20% of the economy; however, their share has decreased by almost 3%, the mirror image of the increase in the tertiary sector. The share of agriculture, which was already very small, continues to decline and has fallen to just below 1%.
The overall unemployment rate in Belgium for the age group between 15 and 64 years (8.46%) is substantially lower than for the group between 15 and 24 years of age (21.16%). This is reflected in the employment rate: for the age group between 15 and 64 years, the employment rate is 60.33%; for the group between 15 and 24 years, it is 27.79%.
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Please note that it is extremely hard to know how many students there are in a Belgian class because the class may be a very artificial and/or administrative grouping. In some classes, students may actually have very different options and spend only very little time together as a class.
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In fact 2,249, but in two cases there were missing values for the gender of the respondent. Therefore weighting these cases became impossible. These cases are omitted.
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Note that throughout the tables the prevalence rates are based on the number of valid cases only. In all tables the percentage of missing cases are given by variable and the total number of cases is indicated either in the table footnote or in a column header.
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Truancy: χ2 = 4.742; df = 1; p < 0.05 Two risk factors present: χ2 = 4.100; df = 1; p < 0.05
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Victim robbery: χ2 = 3.327; df = 1; p > 0.05; victim assault: χ2 > 0.000; df = 1; p > 0.05; victim theft: χ2 = 0.523; df = 1; p > 0.05; victim bullying: χ2 = 0.068; df = 1; p > 0.05.
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See table 11 in annexes.
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Life time: χ2 = 64.732; df = 2; p < 0.05; Last month: χ2 = 65.534; df = 2; p<0.05
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Life time: χ2 = 64.732; df = 2; p < 0.05; Last month: χ2 = 65.534; df = 2; p<0.05
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Please note that due to the non-normal distribution of the incidences and due to outlying cases, means and standard deviations can be very misleading.
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χ2 = 64.732; df = 2; p < 0.05
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Lifetime beer/wine: χ2 = 4.994, df = 2, p = 0.082; last month beer/wine: χ2 = 5.787, df = 2, p = 0.0055.
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Vettenburg, N., Gavray, C., Born, M. (2010). Belgium. In: Junger-Tas, J., Marshall, I., Enzmann, D., Killias, M., Steketee, M., Gruszczynska, B. (eds) Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95982-5_3
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