Table 2

Bivariate relationships between all variables and the outcome

Injured
N=3101 (34.80)
Not-injured
N=5809(65.20)
Prevalence rate ratio (95% CI)
Community-level variables
Social capital
 High565 (35)1214 (65)Ref.
 Medium1105 (35)2050 (65)0.99 (0.92 to 1.08)
 Low1340 (35)2455 (65)0.98 (0.91 to 1.06)
SES
 High843 (35.2)1552 (64.8)Ref.
 Medium1343 (34.5)2550 (65.5)0.98 (0.91 to 1.05)
 Low849 (34.6)1620 (64.8)0.98 (0.91 to 1.08)
Street connectivity
 High1335 (33.2)2679 (66.8)Ref.
 Medium951 (35.4)1738 (64.6)1.06 (0.99 to 1.14)
 Low794 (36.8)1366 (63.2)1.11 (1.03 to 1.19)
Individual-level variables
Gender
 Female1485 (32)3237 (68)Ref.
 Male1615 (39)2570 (61)1.23 (1.16 to 1.30)
Age
 Mean (SD)14.76 (0.83)14.78 (0.81)t test P=0.33
Individual level of social capital
 High986 (33.9)1926 (66.1)Ref.
 Medium892 (32)1893 (68)0.95 (0.88 to 1.02)
 Low1223 (38.1)1990 (61.9)1.12 (1.05 to 1.20)
Number of risky behaviours
 0819 (26.1)2319 (73.9)Ref.
 1825 (33.2)1659 (66.8)1.27 (1.17 to 1.38)
 2440 (39.4)678 (60.6)1.51 (1.37 to 1.66)
 3534 (43.7)687 (56.3)1.68 (1.54 to 1.83)
 4436 (50.8)422 (49.2)1.94 (1.78 to 2.12)
Family affluence
 Well-off1465 (32.1)3103 (67.9)Ref.
 Average1197 (36.3)2102 (63.7)1.13 (1.06 to 1.20)
 Worse off355 (42.1)489 (57.9)1.31 (1.20 to 1.43)
Number of siblings
 0553 (36.2)975 (63.8)Ref.
 1–21880 (43.2)3619 (65.8)0.95 (0.87 to 1.04)
 ≥3604 (34.4)1152 (65.6)0.95 (0.88 to 1.02)
Family structure
 Living with two parents2107 (33.5)4186 (66.5)Ref.
 Living with one parent656 (37.4)1100 (62.6)1.12 (1.04 to 1.20)
 Somebody else/foster care302 (38.5)482 (61.5)1.15 (1.05 to 1.27)
Number of friends
 ≥52849 (34.9)5312 (65.1)Ref.
 3–4152 (28.6)380 (71.4)0.82 (0.71 to 0.94)
 0–2100 (46.1)117 (53.9)1.32 (1.14 to 1.53)
Negative peer influence
 Mean (SD)8.06 (2.97)7.25 (3.00)t test p<0.0001
Positive peer influence
 Mean (SD)14.36 (3.29)14.75 (3.15)t test p<0.0001
Self-rated health
 Good-excellent2.279 (33.9)4434 (66.1)Ref.
 Fair-poor786 (37.3)1319 (62.7)1.10 (1.03 to 1.17)
  • Numbers inside parentheses represent row percentages.

  • Prevalence rate ratios were directly estimated from binomial distributions for injury occurrence.