TABLE 2.
Crude Associations of Sociodemographic Correlates of 12-month Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Ideation in the 2006 Boston Youth Survey
| Deliberate self-injury
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Suicidal ideation
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| Yes (%) | ORa | 95% CI | Yes (%) | ORa | 95% CI | |
| Age, year | ||||||
| ≤14 | 7.5 | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 0.3–3.4 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 0.2–1.6 |
| 16 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 0.5–4.2 | 7.8 | 0.7 | 0.3–1.8 |
| 17 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 0.4–3.8 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 0.4–2.5 |
| ≥18 | 9.1 | 1.9 | 0.6–6.0 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 0.3–2.4 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 7.1 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | ||
| Female | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.6–1.6 | 11.0 | 2.2 | 1.3–3.8 |
| Grade | ||||||
| 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.3–1.4 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 0.3–1.3 |
| 11 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.6 | 9.0 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.6 |
| 12 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 0.8–3.5 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 0.6–2.7 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 8.2 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | ||
| Non-Hispanic/Black | 6.9 | 0.8 | 0.5–1.4 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 0.4–1.2 |
| Non-Hispanic/otherb | 9.2 | 1.0 | 0.4–2.4 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 0.3–1.7 |
| Non-Hispanic/White | 8.0 | 1.1 | 0.5–2.5 | 9.6 | 0.8 | 0.4–1.7 |
| Household composition | ||||||
| No parents living with youth | 7.8 | 1 | 8.6 | 1 | ||
| One parent living with youth | 6.2 | 0.9 | 0.4–2.0 | 7.8 | 0.9 | 0.4–1.9 |
| Two parents living with youth | 9.2 | 1.4 | 0.6–3.2 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 0.5–2.2 |
| Work status | ||||||
| Do not have a job | 6.7 | 1 | 7.4 | 1 | ||
| ≤10 hr/week | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0.5–2.5 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 0.6–2.5 |
| Between 10 and 20 hr/week | 7.8 | 1.3 | 0.7–2.6 | 11.7 | 1.5 | 0.8–2.8 |
| ≥20 hr/week | 14.9 | 2.5 | 1.3–4.7 | 10.8 | 1.5 | 0.7–2.9 |
a
Odds ratio (OR) from conditional logistic regression.
b
Includes biracial and multiracial students, Asians, Native Americans, and students who were neither Hispanic/Latino nor were unable to classify themselves into a race category.