Table 4.
Sexual orientation discordance | Low risk for non-fatal suicidal behaviorsb | High risk for non-fatal suicidal behaviorsa | ||
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Model 1 PR (95% CI) |
Model 2 APR (95% CI) |
Model 3 APR (95% CI) |
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Concordantc | ref | ref | ref | ref |
Discordantd- All respondents | ref | 2.1 (1.8, 2.4) | 1.8 (1.5, 2.1) | 1.7 (1.4, 2.0) |
Discordantd – Excluding students who have ever been forced to have sexual intercourse | ref | 2.0 (1.7, 2.4) | 1.7 (1.4, 2.2) | 1.6 (1.3, 2.0) |
Seriously considered attempting suicide, made a plan about how they would attempt suicide, or attempted suicide during the past 12 months.
Did not seriously consider attempting suicide, did not make a plan about how they would attempt suicide, and did not attempt suicide during the past 12 months.
Agreement between sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts.
Disagreement between sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts
Model 1: Crude association between sexual concordance status and high suicide risk.
Model 2: Adjusted for demographic characteristics such as sex, race/ethnicity, grade, and sexual identity.
Model 3: Adjusted for demographic characteristics (sex, race/ethnicity, grade, and sexual identity) and the following covariates: ever drank alcohol, ever used marijuana, bullied on school property during the past 12 months, and ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse.
YRBS, Youth Risk Behavior Survey; PR, prevalence ratio; APR, adjusted prevalence ratio.