Understanding social inequalities in children being bullied: UK Millennium Cohort Study findings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children living in disadvantaged socio-economic circumstances (SEC) are more commonly victims of bullying, but pathways leading to social inequalities in being bullied are unclear. We assess how early life risk factors might mediate the increased risk of being bullied at age seven for children living in disadvantaged circumstances.

Material and methods

Using data from 5,857 children in the UK Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) we calculate risk ratios (RR) for being bullied at age seven (child-reported), by household income quintile. Socially patterned risk factors for being bullied relating to social networks, family relationships and child characteristics from birth to age five were adjusted for to assess if they mediated any association between SEC and being bullied

SUBMITTER: Campbell M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541267 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature