A cross-sectional study on physicaly violent behavior among youth males in Chengdu, Sichuan province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2014.07.011
- VernacularTitle:成都市18～34岁男性青年暴力攻击行为的现况调查
- Author:
Xiaoling LI
1
;
Junmei HU
;
Fei FENG
;
Fengsu HOU
;
Ping YUAN
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西公共卫生学院流行病与卫生统计学系
- Keywords:
Physical violent behavior;
Youth male;
Cross-sectional study
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2014;35(7):806-808
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence of physically violent behavior among 18-34 years old males in Chengdu.Methods 2 151 males aged 18-34 years was recruited in Chengdu,using a multistage stratified random sampling method."Men' s health and modem lifestyles survey questionnaire" was adopted to collect information on demography,physical violent behavior,attitude and reactions to violence.Results Self-reported prevalence of physical violent behavior since 15 years of age among those 18-34 year-old males was 51.8％.17.8％ of the young males reported having violent behavior in the past 5 years,but the prevalence declined progressively with age (P＜0.01).People who were religious or remained single had higher prevalence rates than those non-religious,married or having regular sex partners (P＜0.01).Prevalence seemed relatively high in students or workers at service/commercial fields,with rates as 24.5％ and 20.3％.Conclusion Data from our study suggested that physical violence was an important problem among young males in Chengdu.Factors as being young,single,divorced or widowed were associated with self-reported violent behavior.People who were religious,being students or working at the service/commercial fields seemed to be under high risk of carrying physical violence.
