Table 2.

Logistic regression analysis of the likelihood of having a suicidal ideation compared not having suicidal ideation among adolescents in Thailand, 2008.

	UOR (95% CI)	SE	AOR (95% CI)	SE
Socio-demographics
Age (years)
≤12	1.00		1.00
13	0.95 (0.56–1.60)	0.23	0.62 (0.22–1.77)	0.30
14	0.84 (0.49–1.45)	0.22	1.00 (0.29–3.40)	0.57
≥15	0.85 (0.47–1.52)	0.23	0.73 (0.21–2.57)	0.43
Education
Grade 7	1.00		1.00
Grade 8	1.05 (0.77–1.44)	0.16	1.35 (0.56–3.26)	0.56
Grade 9	0.67 (0.42–1.07 )	0.15	0.58 (0.26–1.33)	0.22
Grade 10	1.02 (0.57–1.85)	0.28	0.84 (0.34–2.11)	0.36
Gender
Female	1.00		1.00
Male	1.32 (1.57–4.49)	0.26	0.93 (0.48–1.80)	0.29
Hunger	2.66 (1.57–4.49) ***	0.66	0.89 (0.24–3.33)	0.55
Psychosocial distress
Sad	7.29 (4.72–11.24) ***	1.48	6.03 (3.00–12.14) ***	1.98
Anxiety	4.11 (2.69–6.26) ***	0.81	1.42 (0.75–2.69)	0.43
Social-environmental factors
Lack of parental/guardian attachment
Low (0)	1.00		1.00
Medium (1–2)	2.46 (1.32–4.57) **	0.72	1.72 (0.76–3.93)	0.67
High (3)	4.23 (2.48–7.22) ***	1.06	2.26 (1.09–4.67) *	0.80
Lack of peer support	1.69 (1.28–2.22) ***	0.22	1.58 (0.82–3.03)	0.48
Truancy	2.62 (1.83–3.73) ***	0.44	0.78 (0.36–1.68)	0.28
Being bullied	2.89 (1.88–4.43) ***	0.58	1.64 (0.76–1.69)	0.59
Tobacco use in past month	3.24 (1.91–5.52) ***	0.81	0.82 (0.25–2.64)	0.45
Alcohol use in past month	3.36 (2.28–4.96) ***	0.61	2.32 (1.21–4.44) *	0.71
Ever illicit drugs	3.79 (2.90–4.97) ***	0.48	1.56 (0.49–4.93)	0.84
Physically inactive	1.28 (0.93–1.77)	0.19	---
Obesity	0.99 (0.43–2.26)	0.38	---
Ever had sexual intercourse	4.16 (2.59–6.68) ***	0.92	3.40 (1.51–7.68) **	1.30

*** P < 0.001; ** P < 0.01; * P < 0.05