. 2021 Jul 27;9:19. doi: 10.1186/s40352-021-00146-6

Table 5.

Bivariate and multivariate analyses for predictors of suicide attempts for ChildSOs and AdultSOs

	ChildSOs						AdultSOs
	Bivariate			Multivariate			Bivariate			Multivariate
	OR	95% CI	p	aOR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	aOR	95% CI	p
Age at survey	.970	[.92, 1.02]	.224	.964	[.91, 1.02]	.225	.971	[.93, 1.01]	.147	.957	[.91, 1.01]	.092
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	1.810	[.47, 6.97]	.389				1.647	[.64, 4.22]	.298
Sent to care as child	1.803	[.48, 6.81]	.384				1.925	[.70, 5.33]	.207
Less than high school education	2.889	[.65, 12.80]	.163				1.400	[.54, 3.66]	.492
Employed before prison	.260	[.06, 1.15]	.076				2.400	[.93, 6.23]	.072
Unstable accommodation before prison	4.909	[.40, 59.85]	.212				1.098	[.23, 5.29]	.907
Single	2.143	[.55, 8.39]	.274				1.786	[.67, 4.74]	.244
Has Children	1.687	[.36, 7.88]	.506				2.187	[.79, 6.03]	.131
First imprisonment	1.280	[.33, 4.94]	.720				.500	[.17, 1.49]	.212
Four or more chronic health conditions	1.011	[.27, 3.78]	.987				1.892	[.64, 5.62]	.251
Any intravenous drug use	.333	[.02, 5.03]	.427				.400	[.09, 1.80]	.232
Any mental health issue(s)	1.111	[.24, 5.23]	.894				2.989	[1.15, 7.78]	.025	.269	[.03, 2.13]	.214
ADD/ADHD	1.091	[.17, 6.88]	.926				1.098	[.23, 5.29]	.907
Anxiety	.455	[.08, 2.53]	.368				1.896	[.57, 6.31]	.297
Depression	5.667	[1.25, 25.61]	.024	4.910	[.84, 28.79]	.078	2.444	[.86, 6.96]	.094
Manic-depression	1.042	[.09, 12.66]	.974				1.593	[.21, 11.98]	.651
Personality disorder	4.909	[.40, 59.85]	.212				.552	[.10, 3.05]	.495
Schizophrenia	2.273	[.28, 18.27]	.440				9.167	[1.01, 83.05]	.049	.449	[.00, 791.47]	.834
Previous admission to psychiatric facility^a	7.000	[.57, 86.32]	.129				6.643	[1.56, 28.35]	.011	6.818	[1.04, 44.82]	.046
Psychiatric medication	5.143	[1.13, 23.51]	.035	5.401	[.76, 38.61]	.093	13.579	[2.77, 66.68]	.001	25.732	[1.91, 347.19]	.014
Psychological treatment^a	.467	[.10, 2.16]	.329				2.800	[.90, 8.72]	.076
Ever self-harmed	4.333	[.32, 30.25]	.139				11.529	[2.94, 45.30]	<.001	5.825	[1.31, 25.99]	.021

Adjusted odds ratios are presented with non-self-harming offenders of that group as the reference category The sample sizes ranged from ChildSOs: 31–77 (final model Cox & Snell R² = .242, Nagelkerke R² = .386) and AdultSOs: 69–160 (final model Cox & Snell R² = .228, Nagelkerke R² = .371)

^a Data from 1996 and 2001 surveys