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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: Int Rev Sociol Sport. 2005;40(1):5–23. doi: 10.1177/1012690205052160

Table 5.

Hierarchical logistic regressions predicting adolescent suicide attempt, by gender (adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals)

Female (n = 7285)
Male (n = 6897)
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Sociodemographic variablesa
Age .80*** .73–.87 .94 .76–1.16
Black .85 .62–1.17 1.87* 1.11–3.15
Hispanic 1.30 .83–2.05 2.18** 1.29–3.66
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.12 .63–1.99 1.08 .55–2.12
Parental education .89*** .84–.94 .89* .80–.99
Urban school location .82 .57–1.19 .89 .57–1.40
Rural school location .97 .65–1.44 .89 .48–1.66
Sports participation, past Yearb .86 .65–1.14 .83 .52–1.32
Level of sports involvement, past yearb
Moderately involved (1–2 Teams) .92 .68–1.25 .93 .54–1.58
Highly involved (3+ Teams) .73 .52–1.02 .70 .45–1.08
*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

a

Odds ratios and confidence intervals for the American Indian/Alaskan Native/Other variable have been omitted.

b

Though both are included in the same table, the data for the sports participation variable and the level of sports involvement variable represent two separate analyses. For each analysis, variables were entered in two blocks: first sociodemographic variables, and then the sport variable.