HEALTH BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN (HBSC) IRELAND

World Health Organization Collaborative Cross-National Study


The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey is a WHO collaborative cross-national study that monitors the health behaviours, health outcomes and social environments of school-aged children every four years. HBSC Ireland surveys school-going children aged 9-18 years. The study is conducted by the HBSC Ireland team, based at the Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Galway.

HBSC Ireland 2022 Physical Fighting and Bullying

Children were asked questions about being in a physical fight, and about bullying perpetration and victimisation

The visualisation below shows percentages of children who report:

  • having been in a physical fight in the last 12 months
  • bullying others at school once or more in the past couple of months
  • being bullied at school once or more in the past couple of months
  • cyberbullying others at school once or more in the past couple of months
  • being cyberbullied at school once or more in the past couple of months

The interactive data visual will update based on the items selected in the legend on the right.

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The visual can also be viewed on:

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/larri.walker/viz/HBSCIreland2022PhysicalFightingandBullying/Sheet1?publish=yes