title: [Selected family socio-economic factors as predictors of peer violence among school children in Poland].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analyses concerning peer violence among girls and boys aged 13-17 years, in the context of socio- -economic characteristics of the family: family structure, parental employment status and perceived family wealth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Preliminary data from the recent HBSC studies conducted in 12 voivodeships in Poland in 2013 was used. The analyzes concerned 2300 students aged 13-17 years (45% boys) and focused on the following types of violence: being a perpetrator and a victim of bullying, participation in fights and cyberbullying. Chi-square test analysis and multivariate logistic regression models were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significantly more boys than girls experienced bullying (28% vs. 22%) and was perpetrators of violence in the school (39% vs. 25%). The youth from single-parent families significantly more often than students from two-parent families, participated in fights and was the perpetrators of violence in the school. Being a perpetrator and a victim of violence concerned mostly students from poor families and boys, whose father was unemployed. The following risk factors was identified- among boys: low economic status of the family (victims of bullying) and single-parent family (victims of cyberbullying), father's unemployment (the perpetrator of bullying) and age 13-14 years (victims and perpetrators of bullying, participation in fights) and among girls: low economic status of the family (cyberbullying), mother's unemployment and age 13-14 years (victims of violence).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The family socio-economic factors, gender and age determine the type and the prevalence of peer violence. Low economic status of the family and single-parent family increases the risk of experiencing violence. For the prevention of bullying the educational role of the father and his commitment to family budget are important.
authors: Zakład Zdrowia Dzieci i Młodzieży, Instytut Matki i Dziecka, ul. Kasprzaka 17a, 01-211Warszawa, Poland, tel./fax.: (22) 32-77-405, e-mail: magdalena.stalmach@imid.med.pl.
authors: Magdalena
authors: M
authors: Stalmach
authors: Izabela
authors: I
authors: Tabak
authors: Katarzyna
authors: K
authors: Radiukiewicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010379:Peer Group; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D020954:Single-Parent Family / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012919:Social Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*