Table 1

Baseline sociodemographic characteristics for adolescents (11–19 years)

Baseline characteristicsViolenceNo violenceP value
n=457n=213 325
Sex of victim, n (%)
 Male346 (75.71)107 553 (50.42)0.000
 Female111 (24.29)105 772 (49.58)
Marital status n (%)
 Married27 (5.91)18 241 (8.55)0.138
 Never married359 (78.56)168 222 (78.86)
 Divorced1 (0.22)262 (0.12)
 Widowed0 (0.00)98 (0.05)
 Separated1 (0.22)158 (0.07)
 Not applicable69 (15.10)26 344 (12.35)
Education n (%)
 No education23 (5.03)10 996 (5.15)0.22
 Primary201 (43.98)81 827 (38.36)
 Secondary208 (45.51)108 044 (50.65)
 A levels25 (5.47)12 067 (5.66)
 College0 (0.00)390 (0.18)
 Advanced/professional degree0 (0.00)1 (0.00)
Occupation n* (%)
 Agriculture10 (2.19)3320 (1.56)0.232
 Business10 (2.19)2916 (1.37)
 Skilled labour (professional)30 (6.56)11 453 (5.37)
 Unskilled/domestic (unskilled)12 (2.63)4077 (1.91)
 Rickshaw/bus (transport worker)5 (1.09)1198 (0.56)
 Students327 (71.55)157 305 (73.80)
 Retired/unemployed/housewife62 (13.57)31 370 (14.72)
 Not applicable (others)1 (0.22)1512 (0.71)
Socioeconomic Index n (%)
 Lowest87 (19.04)32 482 (15.23)0.041
 Low88 (19.26)41 936 (19.66)
 Middle91 (19.91)46 385 (21.74)
 High114 (24.95)47 885 (22.45)
 Highest77 (16.85)44 637 (20.92)
District n (%)
 Chandpur345 (75.49)114 591 (53.72)0.000
 Comilla23 (5.03)5057 (2.37)
 Sirajganj12 (2.63)16 777 (7.86)
 Sherpur27 (5.91)38 528 (18.06)
 Narshindi50 (10.94)38 372 (17.99)
Place of injury n† (%)
 Home198 (43.33)5899 (40.68)0.000
 School46 (10.07)894 (6.17)
 Other playground46 (10.07)1206 (8.32)
 Roads/highway/railway station99 (21.66)3304 (22.78)
 Agricultural field31 (6.78)1389 (9.58)
 Workplace15 (3.28)547 (3.77)
 Others22 (4.81)1262 (8.70)
  • *One hundred and seventy-four observations were missing for occupation. These were left in the data set as it accounted for only 0.08% of the total observations.

  • †This category was based only on the population reporting violence (N = 457) under the ‘violence’ column, and other types of injury (N = 14 501) under the ‘no-violence’ column.