Table 3.
Characteristics That Differed Between Postsecondary Students Versus Nonstudents
| Characteristic | Odds Ratio (95% CI)a |
| Age (per 5-y increase) | 0.22 (0.12–0.41) |
| Born in Canada | 0.17 (0.06–0.44) |
| History of any mental disorder | |
| No mental disorder | 1 (reference) |
| Depression | 1.37 (0.52–3.64) |
| Substance abuse | 0.12 (0.02–0.94) |
| Other | 0.26 (0.06–1.21) |
| Method used | |
| Collision/jump/fire burns/ firearm/hangingb | 1 (reference) |
| Laceration | 5.43 (1.16–25.37) |
| Poisoning | 4.10 (1.16–14.47) |
| Other | 14.00 (0.62–315.79) |
| ≥ 2 methods used | 9.46 (1.87–47.74) |
| Time of attempt | |
| September–December | 1 (reference) |
| January–April | 0.32 (0.11–0.91) |
| May–August | 0.58 (0.17–1.96) |
| Social/family support | 3.23 (1.33–7.81) |
a
The model used logistic regression. All characteristics listed in Table 1 were tried for inclusion. Those significant at the .05 level were kept.
b
This category was chosen as the reference category to compare less violent to more violent methods.