Table 3.
Associations between suicide attempt (SA) and various risk factors for male and female adolescents in different family structures: age-adjusted hazard ratio (HR), 95% confidence interval (CI).
| Boys | Girls | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intact families | Parents divorced/separated and reconstructed family | Single parent and other situations | Intact families | Parents divorced/separated and reconstructed family | Single parent and other situations | |||||||
| Number of person-years | 4,576 | 1,836 | 829 | 4,629 | 1,764 | 896 | ||||||
| Socioeconomic factors | ||||||||||||
| Age (year) | 0.91 | 0.68–1.23 | 0.81 | 0.57–1.24 | 1.03 | 0.57–1.89 | 1.10 | 0.82–1.47 | 0.93 | 0.70–1.22 | 1.25 | 0.86–1.82 |
| Low parents' education | 0.63 | 0.29–1.35 | 1.13 | 0.45–2.81 | 3.62 | 0.44–30.1 | 2.08∗ | 1.07–4.03 | 1.28 | 0.68–2.40 | 1.27 | 0.49–3.28 |
| Nationality | ||||||||||||
| French | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| European immigrants | 1.47 | 0.20–10.9 | 2.37 | 0.54–10.3 | 0.00 | 2.25 | 0.69–7.35 | 1.61 | 0.50–5.24 | 2.45 | 0.33–18.4 | |
| Non-European immigrants | 2.50 | 0.69–1.25 | 3.67 | 0.43–31.7 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.18–9.75 | 1.61 | 0.49–5.27 | 1.33 | 0.30–5.86 | |
| Father's occupation | ||||||||||||
| Managers, professionals, and intermediate professionals | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Craftsmen, tradesmen, and firm heads | 1.66 | 0.67–4.14 | 1.63 | 0.41–6.53 | 2.91 | 0.26–32.8 | 0.74 | 0.29–1.87 | 1.40 | 0.56–3.54 | 3.46§ | 0.85–14.0 |
| Service workers and clerks | 1.04 | 0.29–3.72 | 2.38 | 0.53–10.7 | 0.00 | 0.96 | 0.28–3.28 | 1.50 | 0.50–4.51 | 0.00 | ||
| Manual workers and other occupations | 1.29 | 0.50–3.34 | 2.04 | 0.59–7.01 | 3.33 | 0.30–37.3 | 1.08 | 0.50–2.37 | 0.95 | 0.38–2.34 | 1.51 | 0.38–6.06 |
| Not working | 1.22 | 0.16–9.44 | 1.41 | 0.16–12.6 | 2.02 | 0.17–23.7 | 0.00 | 2.05 | 0.77–5.42 | 1.19 | 0.28–5.00 | |
| Insufficient family income | 2.55∗ | 1.13–5.76 | 2.04 | 0.80–5.22 | 1.56 | 0.27–9.05 | 2.42∗ | 1.17–5.02 | 1.46 | 0.75–2.82 | 1.72 | 0.73–4.08 |
| Poor social support | ||||||||||||
| Score | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| 1-2 | 4.25∗∗∗ | 1.75–10.3 | 2.69 | 0.42–3.97 | 1.55 | 0.33–7.22 | 4.44∗∗ | 1.63–12.1 | 3.93 ∗ | 1.17–13.2 | 1.15 | 0.41–3.25 |
| ≥3 | 4.67 ∗ | 1.62–13.5 | 2.69 | 0.82–8.80 | 0.00 | 10.98 ∗∗ | 3.98–30.3 | 6.97 ∗∗ | 1.98–24.5 | 2.16 | 0.69–6.71 | |
| School and mental difficulties and sustained violence | ||||||||||||
| Grade repetition | 0.84 | 0.24–2.91 | 1.27 | 0.39–4.09 | 1.63 | 0.26–10.2 | 2.43 ∗ | 1.04–5.64 | 1.82§ | 0.89–3.70 | 2.34§ | 0.91–6.03 |
| Depressive symptoms | 3.35 ∗ | 1.28–8.76 | 4.84∗∗∗ | 1.89–12.4 | 3.65 | 0.39–34.3 | 5.46 ∗∗∗ | 2.82–10.6 | 2.35∗∗ | 1.23–4.46 | 5.12 ∗∗∗ | 2.17–12.1 |
| Having sustained violence | 3.21 ∗∗ | 1.47–7.01 | 1.47 | 0.48–4.49 | 5.01∗ | 1.12–22.4 | 5.73 ∗∗∗ | 2.50–13.1 | 5.02 ∗∗∗ | 2.38–10.6 | 1.59 | 0.37–6.90 |
| Being victim of sexual abuse | 8.41∗∗∗ | 2.93–24.1 | 2.49 | 0.33–18.7 | 3.25 | 0.39–27.0 | 9.14∗∗∗ | 3.78–22.1 | 3.46 ∗∗ | 1.44–8.32 | 8.45 ∗∗∗ | 3.30–21.6 |
| Unhealthy behaviors | ||||||||||||
| Alcohol use | 1.72 | 0.76–3.94 | 5.53 ∗ | 1.22–25.0 | —a | 3.85 ∗∗ | 1.53–9.69 | 7.34 ∗∗ | 1.75–30.7 | 3.65§ | 0.81–16.4 | |
| Tobacco use | 5.49 ∗∗∗ | 2.54–11.8 | 4.09 ∗∗ | 1.50–11.2 | 1.84 | 0.38–8.87 | 7.40 ∗∗∗ | 3.50–15.6 | 7.13 ∗∗∗ | 3.19–16.0 | 11.60 ∗∗∗ | 2.63–51.1 |
| Cannabis use | 4.48∗∗∗ | 1.84–10.9 | 2.30 | 0.80–6.56 | 0.95 | 0.11–8.20 | 2.59§ | 0.90–7.50 | 5.86 ∗∗∗ | 2.82–12.2 | 7.17 ∗∗∗ | 2.86–18.0 |
| Hard drug use | 7.41∗∗∗ | 3.13–17.5 | 4.84 ∗∗ | 1.74–13.5 | 4.52§ | 0.87–23.3 | 7.61∗∗∗ | 2.59–22.4 | 5.43 ∗∗∗ | 2.55–11.6 | 6.02 ∗∗∗ | 2.42–15.0 |
*P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗∗∗P < 0.001,§close to significance (P < 0.10).
aNoncomputable.
In bold types the HRs significant for girls but not for boys; in italic types the HRs significant for both genders but higher for girls.