Table 2.
Sociodemographic predictors of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts.
| Pure Suicidal Ideationa | Suicide Attemptsb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate | Multivariate | Univariate | Multivariate | |||||
| OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 0.71 (0.63–0.81) | <0.001 | 0.71 (0.62–0.81) | <0.001 | 1.17 (0.78–1.76) | 0.45 | 0.96 (0.62–1.51) | 0.87 |
| Male (reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Sexual orientation | ||||||||
| Gay or bisexual | 3.42 (2.29–5.11) | <0.001 | 3.81 (2.49–5.83) | <0.001 | 2.42 (1.04–5.63) | 0.04c | 2.55 (1.02–6.38) | <0.05 |
| Do not understand the question | 0.99 (0.86–1.14) | 0.86 | 0.99 (0.85–1.15) | 0.86 | 1.14 (0.71–1.85) | 0.58 | 1.40 (0.83–2.37) | 0.20 |
| Not gay or bisexual (reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Race | ||||||||
| Black | 0.81 (0.68–0.96) | 0.01 | 0.77 (0.62–0.95) | 0.02 | 2.28 (1.43–3.64) | <0.01 | 1.69 (0.90–3.18) | 0.10 |
| Multiracial | 1.32 (1.10–1.60) | <0.01 | 1.39 (1.13–1.70) | <0.01 | 1.08 (0.58–2.01) | 0.80 | 0.92 (0.46–1.84) | 0.82 |
| Other race | 0.99 (0.78–1.25) | 0.92 | 1.16 (0.89–1.52) | 0.28 | 1.01 (0.46–2.26) | 0.97 | 0.92 (0.37–2.28) | 0.86 |
| White (reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 0.86 (0.74–1.00) | 0.06 | 0.73 (0.60–0.87) | <0.01 | 1.40 (0.88–2.23) | 0.15 | 1.46 (0.82–2.58) | 0.20 |
| Non-Hispanic (reference) | 0.88 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Family income | ||||||||
| Less than $25,000 | 1.06 (0.88–1.28) | 0.52 | 1.18 (0.91–1.54) | 0.21 | 3.94 (2.18–7.13) | <0.001 | 2.86 (1.31–6.26) | <0.01 |
| $25,000–$49,999 | 1.23 (1.02–1.47) | 0.03c | 1.29 (1.03–1.63) | 0.03 | 3.62 (2.02–6.49) | <0.001 | 3.08 (1.62–5.86) | <0.001 |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 1.38 (1.15–1.65) | <0.001 | 1.39 (1.15–1.69) | <0.01 | 1.68 (0.82–3.45) | 0.16 | 1.56 (0.74–3.33) | 0.25 |
| $75,000 through $99,999 | 1.08 (0.89–1.30) | 0.45 | 1.11 (0.91–1.35) | 0.30 | 1.41 (0.66–3.04) | 0.38 | 1.32 (0.60–2.90) | 0.50 |
| $100,000 and greater (reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Parental education | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 0.94 (0.57–1.56) | 0.81 | 1.15 (0.57–2.29) | 0.70 | 1.95 (0.51–7.39) | 0.33 | – | – |
| High school or GED | 0.77 (0.64–0.92) | <0.01 | 0.78 (0.62–0.97) | 0.02 | 2.03 (1.23–3.35) | <0.01 | 1.14 (0.60–2.17) | 0.70 |
| Some college | 1.02 (0.87–1.20) | 0.81 | 0.90 (0.75–1.09) | 0.27 | 0.98 (0.56–1.72) | 0.94 | 0.64 (0.33–1.23) | 0.18 |
| College graduate (reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Parental marital status | ||||||||
| Not married | 1.26 (1.11–1.42) | <0.001 | 1.30 (1.10–1.53) | <0.01 | 1.78 (1.18–2.67) | <0.01 | 1.21 (0.70–2.09) | 0.50 |
| Married (reference) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
CI confidence interval, GED General Educational Development, OR odds ratio.
aAnalyses conducted predicted suicidal ideation among youth with no suicide attempt history (unweighted n = 11708).
bAnalyses conducted predicted suicide attempts among youth with suicidal ideation (unweighted n = 1668).
cNot significant after Benjamini–Hochberg correction applied.
Multivariate analyses controlled for all other sociodemographic factors.