reviewAmerican Journal of Public HealthMay 13, 2014GREEN OA

Socioeconomic Status and Bullying: A Meta-Analysis

NTNeil TippettDWDieter Wolke

University of Warwick

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Abstract

We examined whether socioeconomic status (SES) could be used to identify which schools or children are at greatest risk of bullying, which can adversely affect children's health and life. We conducted a review of published literature on school bullying and SES. We identified 28 studies that reported an association between roles in school bullying (victim, bully, and bully-victim) and measures of SES. Random effects models showed SES was weakly related to bullying roles. Adjusting for publication bias, victims (odds ratio [OR] = 1.40; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.24, 1.58) and bully-victims (OR = 1.54; 95% CI = 1.36, 1.74) were more likely to come from low socioeconomic households. Bullies (OR = 0.98; 95%…

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  • Socioeconomic status
  • Confidence interval
  • Odds ratio
  • Poison control
  • Injury prevention
  • Demography
  • Suicide prevention
  • Medicine
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