Table 5.

The association between ethnicity and suicidal behavior controlling for socio-demographics, abuse, internalizing problems and externalizing behavior in female students, aged 14–16 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2003–2006

	Suicidal behavior (Model 1)a	Suicidal behavior (Model 2)a	Suicidal behavior (Model 3)a	Suicidal behavior (Model 4)a	Suicidal behavior (Model 5)a	Suicidal behavior (Model 6)a
	OR (95% CI) P	OR (95% CI) P	OR (95% CI) P	OR (95% CI) P	OR (95% CI) P	OR (95% CI) P
Ethnicity
Dutch	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF	REF
Creole-Surinamese Dutch	1.82 (1.12–2.95) .02	1.11 (0.67–1.86) .68	1.83 (1.11–3.03) 02	1.51 (0.89–2.58) .13	1.12 (0.68–1.87) .65	0.80 (0.45–1.44) .47
Antillean Dutch	1.63 (1.19–2.23) .002	0.73 (0.50–1.06) .10	1.57 (1.14–2.18) .007	1.39 (0.98–1.98) .06	1.00 (0.72–1.39) .99	0.59 (0.39–0.89) .01
Cape Verdean Dutch	0.91 (0.64–1.29) .58	0.53 (0.36–0.80) .002	0.90 (0.62–1.29) .56	0.82 (0.56–1.20) .82	0.57 (0.40–0.83) .003	0.41 (0.27–0.64) < .001
Socio-demographic factors
Level of education
Vocational track		REF				REF
Middle track		0.52 (0.40–0.66) < .001				0.55 (0.42–0.72) < .001
University track		0.30 (0.22–0.40) < .001				0.38 (0.27–0.51) < .001
Socioeconomic status		1.03 (0.95–1.12) .49				1.04 (0.95–1.14) .37
Not living with 2 biological parents		1.75 (1.43–2.15) < .001				1.37 (1.09–1.71) .006
Trauma
Sexual abuse			5.54 (4.43–6.92) < .001			2.72 (2.09–3.54) < .001
Internalizing Problems
Emotional problems				0.85 (0.84–0.87) < .001		0.86 (0.85–0.88) < .001
Externalizing behavior
Aggressive behavior
Never					REF	REF
Occasional					2.95 (2.42–3.60) < .001	1.94 (1.55–2.43) < .001
Frequent					6.19 (4.51–8.47) < .001	3.72 (2.56–5.39) < .001

^aModel 1 only ethnicity; Model 2 ethnicity and socio-demographics; Model 3 ethnicity and trauma; Model 4 ethnicity and internalizing problems; Model 5 ethnicity and externalizing problems; Model 6 all independent variables