Association of common health symptoms with bullying in primary school children

Abstract

Objectives - To estimate the prevalence of bullying in primary school children and to examine its association with common symptoms in childhood. Design - Semistructured health interview conducted by school nurses as part of a school medical. Setting - Newham, east London. Subjects - All children in year 4 of school during the academic year 1992-93. Main outcome measures - Reported bullying and common health symptoms. Results - 2962 children (93.1% of those on the school roll) were interviewed (ages 7.6 to 10.0 years). Information about bullying was not recorded for 114 children. 22.4% (95% confidence interval 20.9 to 24.0) of children for whom information was available reported that they had..