Proportion of students who were bullied on one or more days during the past 30 days

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Indicator name: 
 Proportion of students who were bullied on one or more days during the past 30 days 
Data type: 
 Percent 
Indicator Id: 
 5366 

Definition:

Percentage of school going adolescents of a specified age range who report having been bullied on one or more days during the past 30 days. Bullying occurs when a student or group of students say or do bad and unpleasant things to another student. It is also bullying when a student is teased a lot in an unpleasant way or when a student is left out of things on purpose. It is not bullying when two students of about the same strength or power argue or fight or when teasing is done in a friendly and fun way.

Method of estimation:

Data are derived from school-based surveys, most commonly the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) and the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC). Numerator: Number of school going adolescents of a specified are range who report having been bullied on one or more days during the past 30 days. Denominator: Total number of school going adolescents of this specified are range.

Unit of Measure:

Percent

Links:

https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/en/

http://www.hbsc.org/

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