Proportion of students who were in a physical fight one or more times during the past 12 months

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Indicator name: 
 Proportion of students who were in a physical fight one or more times during the past 12 months 
Data type: 
 Percent 
Indicator Id: 
 5368 

Definition:

Percentage of school going adolescents of a specified age range who report having been in a fight during the past 12 months. A physical fight occurs when two students of about the same strength or power choose to fight each other.

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 in a fight during the past 12 months. 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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