Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics in Major Repeaters Versus Non–Major Repeaters

	No. of Suicide Attempts
Variable	< 5 (n = 335)	≥ 5 (n = 37)	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P Value
Age terciles, n (%)
< 33.79, y	112 (33.4)	12 (32.4)	1	.79
33.79–47.38, y	109 (32.6)	14 (37.9)	1.20 (0.53–2.71)
> 47.38, y	114 (34.0)	11 (29.7)	0.90 (0.38–2.13)
Gender, n (%)
Male	105 (31.3)	3 (8.1)	1	.007
Female	230 (68.7)	34 (91.9)	5.17 (1.55–17.2)
Marital status, n (%)
Single	111 (33.1)	15 (40.6)	1	.65
Separated/widowed	97 (29.0)	9 (24.3)	0.69 (0.29–1.64)
Married/cohabiting	127 (37.9)	13 (35.1)	0.76 (0.35–1.66)
Education, n (%)
≤ 12, y	178 (53.1)	28 (75.7)	1	.01
> 12, y	157 (46.9)	9 (24.3)	0.36 (0.17–0.80)
No. of children (range)	1 (0–7)	1 (0–3)	0.85 (0.64–1.13)	.25