Trends of violence among 7th, 8th and 9th grade students in the state of Lara, Venezuela: The Global School Health Survey 2004 and 2008

Table 2 Prevalence of Selected Indicators for Violence Prevention at School among Students of the 7th to 9th Grade in Lara State, Venezuela.

	Total		Males		Females
	2004	2008	2004	2008	2004	2008
	n = 2070	n = 870	n = 860	n = 383	n = 1210	n = 411
Indicators	P(%)	P(%)	P(%)	P(%)	P(%)	P(%)
	IC 95%	IC 95%	IC 95%	IC 95%	IC 95%	IC 95%
Avoiding physical violence (a)	56.2	64.5	56.1	64.3	56.2	64.8
	52.2-60.1	59.5-69.4	50.9-61.4	57.0-71.6	50.9-61.4	59.3-70.2
Avoiding violence from bullies (b)	46.0	43.3	47.6	41.3	44.1	44.8
	41.3-50.8	38.5-48.0	42.8-52.5	36.0-46.6	37.5-50.7	38.8-50.8
Avoiding sexual violence (c)	29.5	40.1	27.1	36.2	31.7	43.1
	27.3-31.6	33.7-46.6	23.7-30.6	29.5-42.9	28.7-34.6	36.3-49-8

The Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), 2004 and 2008
2004 and 2008: corresponding to the academic school years 2003-2004 and 2007-2008, respectively; P(%): prevalence per 100 participants; IC95%: 95% Confidence Interval. NA Not available
Indicators for violence prevention
(a) Avoiding physical violence: Students who reported having been taught "how to avoid physical fights and violence".
(b) Avoiding violence from bullies: Students who reported having been taught "how to avoid being bullied".
(c) Avoiding sexual violence: Students who reported having been taught "what to do if someone is trying to force you to have sexual intercourse".

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