Table 3

Rate ratio of frequent physical fighting in females aged 13 years

VariableModel 1P valuesModel 2P valuesModel 3P valuesModel 4P values
Constant5.35 (3.18 to 8.99)5.94 (3.32 to 10.62)6.12 (3.43 to 10.91)6.10 (2.41 to 15.42)
Survey0.87 (0.57 to 1.33)0.030.80 (0.51 to 1.28)0.360.73 (0.44 to 1.21)0.220.71 (0.43 to 1.20)0.20
Corporal punishment ban
 No ban (reference category)1.001.001.001.00
 Partial ban (in schools)0.56 (0.33 to 0.95)0.030.57 (0.33 to 0.96)0.030.52 (0.30 to 0.90)0.020.51 (0.28 to 0.92)0.03
 Full ban (schools and home)0.42 (0.25 to 0.70)<0.010.41 (0.24 to 0.69)<0.010.37 (0.21 to 0.65)<0.010.35 (0.19 to 0.67)<0.01
Income per capita (US$, thousands)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)0.381.00 (0.99 to 1.00)0.571.00 (0.99 to 1.00)0.35
Homicides (per 1 million)1.14 (1.01 to 1.28)0.031.13 (1.01 to 1.26)0.03
Weapons ban at school1.05 (0.79 to 1.40)0.73
Home visits for child maltreatment0.83 (0.52 to 1.32)0.43
Parent education programmes1.18 (0.57 to 2.46)0.65
Capital punishment ban1.07 (0.74 to 1.55)0.73
Goodness of fit:
 AIC300.81302.49302.42309.60
 BIC310.72314.87317.28334.37
 Deviance (−2 log likelihood)−146.41−146.24−145.21−144.80
 Likelihood ratio test (vs model 1)χ2 (df=1)=0.33χ2 (df=2)=2.40χ2 (df=6)=3.220.78
  • 95% CI shown in parentheses.

  • AIC, Akaike Information Criterion; BIC, Bayesian Information Criterion.