Table 3. Logistic regression results showing risk of suicidal behaviors associated with specific adverse experiences in childhood.
Suicidal ideation | Suicide attempts | |||||||||
cases | Wald | p | OR | 95%CI | Wald | p | OR | 95%CI | ||
STEP 1 | Gender | 53.25 | 0.00 | 1.70 | 1.48–1.96 | 1.24 | 0.27 | 1.19 | 0.88–1.60 | |
Region | 2.10 | 0.15 | 0.90 | 0.78–1.04 | 4.26 | 0.04 | 0.72 | 0.53–0.98 | ||
STEP 2 | Divorce of parents | 140 | 13.92 | 0.00 | 2.16 | 1.44–3.28 | 18.71 | 0.00 | 4.06 | 2.15–7.66 |
Poor parental relationship | 566 | 95.58 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 2.30–3.49 | 47.37 | 0.00 | 3.86 | 2.63–5.68 | |
Loss of parent(s) | 110 | 17.92 | 0.00 | 2.62 | 1.68–4.10 | 16.20 | 0.00 | 4.39 | 2.14–9.02 | |
Financial problems | 1307 | 28.05 | 0.00 | 1.62 | 1.36–1.94 | 1.64 | 0.20 | 1.32 | 0.86–2.01 | |
Sexual abuse | 19 | 9.83 | 0.00 | 4.36 | 1.74–10.98 | 11.04 | 0.00 | 8.45 | 2.40–29.78 | |
Severe physical illness | 149 | 19.4 | 0.00 | 2.44 | 1.64–3.62 | 1.30 | 0.26 | 1.71 | 0.68–4.29 |
Note. ORs were adjusted for all childhood adversities as well as demographic variables listed in the table.