Table 2.
Characteristics of male and female adolescents in various family structures: % or mean (SD).
| Boys | Girls | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intact families | Parents divorced/separated and reconstructed family | Single parent and other situations | Pearson's chi2 or Fisher's test (P value) |
Intact families | Parents divorced/separated and reconstructed family | Single parent and other situations | Pearson's chi2 or Fisher's test (P value) |
|
| Number of subjects | 489 | 199 | 90 | 493 | 192 | 96 | ||
| Number of person-years | 4,576 | 1,836 | 829 | 4,629 | 1,764 | 896 | ||
| Lifetime suicide attempt(s) | ||||||||
| At least one | 6.1 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 0.284 | 7.3 | 21.4 | 21.9 | <0.001 |
| Crude rate per 1,000 person-years | 6.6 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 23.2 | 23.4 | ||
| Two or more | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 0.376 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 | <0.001 |
| Socioeconomic factors | ||||||||
| Age (year) | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 13.45 (1.27) | 13.40 (1.23) | 13.39 (1.23) | 0.856 | 13.44 (1.26) | 13.60 (1.27) | 13.74 (1.33) | 0.0634 |
| Range | 10.4–16.9 | 10.5–16.4 | 10.8–16.3 | 9.9–16.9 | 11.2–16.2 | 10.9–18.7 | ||
| Low parents' education | 44.6 | 55.3 | 63.3 | <0.001 | 41.4 | 54.7 | 67.7 | <0.001 |
| Nationality | 0.021 | 0.050 | ||||||
| French | 94.5 | 92.5 | 88.9 | 94.1 | 90.6 | 90.6 | ||
| European immigrants | 2.5 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 2.1 | ||
| Non-European immigrants | 3.1 | 2.5 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 7.3 | ||
| Father's occupation | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Managers, professionals, and intermediate professionals | 43.6 | 32.7 | 27.8 | 44.4 | 27.1 | 21.9 | ||
| Craftsmen, tradesmen, and firm heads | 19.4 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 22.1 | 20.3 | 13.5 | ||
| Service workers and clerks | 11.4 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Manual workers and other occupations | 22.1 | 30.1 | 17.8 | 23.3 | 31.2 | 31.2 | ||
| Not working | 3.5 | 6.0 | 27.8 | 2.4 | 12.0 | 29.2 | ||
| Insufficient family income | 13.3 | 22.6 | 21.1 | 0.006 | 13.4 | 25.5 | 33.3 | <0.001 |
| Poor social support | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Score | ||||||||
| 0 | 56.0 | 37.2 | 45.6 | 50.3 | 25.5 | 35.4 | ||
| 1-2 | 31.1 | 45.2 | 40.0 | 35.9 | 52.6 | 47.9 | ||
| ≥3 | 12.8 | 17.6 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 21.9 | 16.7 | ||
| School and mental difficulties and sustained violence | ||||||||
| Grade repetition | 12.1 | 19.6 | 21.1 | 0.010 | 9.3 | 21.9 | 26.0 | <0.001 |
| Depressive symptoms | 5.9 | 12.6 | 5.6 | 0.009 | 15.8 | 28.6 | 16.7 | <0.001 |
| Having sustained violence | 12.1 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 0.439 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 0.377 |
| Being victim of sexual abuse | 2.4 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 0.252 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 10.4 | <0.001 |
| Unhealthy behaviors | ||||||||
| Alcohol use | 62.2 | 67.8 | 66.7 | 0.323 | 53.7 | 72.4 | 66.7 | <0.001 |
| Tobacco use | 23.3 | 39.7 | 42.2 | <0.001 | 19.3 | 41.2 | 45.8 | <0.001 |
| Cannabis use | 7.8 | 16.1 | 14.4 | 0.003 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 14.6 | <0.001 |
| Hard drug use | 4.9 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 0.157 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 10.4 | <0.001 |