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Table 3 Frequency and percentage for externalizing and internalizing problems variables according to gender

From: Adolescent selfie: an Italian Society of Paediatrics survey of the lifestyle of teenagers

  

Males n

%

Females n

%

Total n

%

Do you smoke cigarettes?

never

3792

3565

7357

51,50%

48,50%

63,80%

occasionally

999

1209

2208

45,20%

54,80%

19,20%

regularly

933

1029

1962

47,60%

52,40%

17%

Have you ever been a binge drinker?

never

3414

3656

7070

48,30%

51,70%

61,30%

occasionally

1744

1701

3445

50,60%

49,40%

29,90%

regularly

566

446

1012

55,90%

44,10%

8,80%

Have you ever been a drug user?

never

4306

4650

8956

48,10%

51,90%

77,70%

occasionally

977

851

1828

53,40%

46,60%

15,90%

regularly

441

302

743

59,40%

40,60%

6,40%

Have you ever been a victim of bullism?

never

3936

3705

7641

51,50%

48,50%

66,30%

occasionally

1519

1721

3240

46,90%

53,10%

28,10%

regularly

269

377

646

41,60%

58,40%

5,60%

Have you ever been a victim of cyberbullism?

never

5188

4884

10,072

51,50%

48,50%

87,40%

occasionally

426

752

1178

36,20%

63,80%

10,20%

regularly

110

167

277

39,70%

60,30%

2,40%

Have you ever been a bully or cyberbully?

never

3704

3986

7690

48,20%

51,80%

66,70%

occasionally

1731

1590

3321

52,10%

47,90%

28,80%

regularly

289

227

516

56,00%

44,00%

4,50%

Have you ever feel an intense psychological sufferance?

Never

1703

777

2480

68,7%

31,3%

67,9%

Occasionally

398

556

954

41,7%

58,3%

26,12%

regularly

57

161

218

26,1%

73,9%

6%

Have you ever experimented self-harm?

never

5045

4723

9768

51,60%

48,40%

84,70%

occasionally

521

791

1312

39,70%

60,30%

11,40%

regularly

158

289

447

35,30%

64,70%

3,90%

  1. Note: Percentage are reported for males and females while percentage in italic are reported for total sample