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. 2019 Oct 22;34:105. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.105.19920

Table 2.

The relationship between suicidal behavior and socio-demographic characteristics of the adolescents of the study

Non suicidal behavior group (N=682) With suicidal behavior group (N=139) OR CI 95% p
Gender Male 236 (90.4%) 25 (9.6%) 2.41 [1.52, 3.82] < 0.001
Female 446 (79.6%) 114 (20.4%)
Socioeconomic status Average to good 518 (82.7%) 108 (17.3%) 0.88 [0.56, 1.4] 0.35
Poor 151 (84.4%) 28 (15.6%)
Type of family Tow-parents family 598 (83.5%) 118 (16.5%) 1.20 [0.71, 2.04] 0.28
Single-parent family 84 (80.8%) 20 (19.2%)
Relationship with parents Good to very good 647 (85.4%) 111 (14.6%) 4.76 [2.76, 8.24] <0.001
Disturbed to very disturbed 33 (55%) 27 (45%)
Relationship with other members of the family Good to very good 657 (84.2%) 123 (15.8%) 3.73 [1.83, 7.60] 0.001
Disturbed to very disturbed 20 (58.8%) 14 (41.2%)
Relationship with peers Good to very good 651 (83.9%) 125 (16.1%) 2.40 [1.18, 4.89] 0.016
Poor 26 (68.4%) 12 (31.6%)
School performance Very good to average 621(91.1%) 124 (89.2%) 1.23 [0.67, 2.23] 0.29
Low 61(8.9%) 15(10.8%)
Medium to high 562 (87.9%) 77 (12.1%)