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Table 3 Crude odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of low and high level of suicidality in relation to approving a person's freedom to choose suicide, by gender, age and year of the survey

From: Suicidal tendencies and attitude towards freedom to choose suicide among Lithuanian schoolchildren: results from three cross-sectional studies in 1994, 1998, and 2002

Year of the survey

Gender and level of suicidality

11-year-olds

13-year-olds

15-year-olds

Total

  

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95%CI)

OR

(95%CI)

 

Boys:

1994

Non suicidal

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Low

1.48

(1.03–2.12)

1.77

(1.31–2.41)

1.86

(1.36–2.53)

1.27

(1.03–1.55)

 

High

1.52

(0.91–2.55)

2.89

(1.70–4.89)

3.31

(1.78–6.15)

1.51

(1.09–2.08)

1998

Non suicidal

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Low

1.34

(0.94–1.90)

1.75

(1.25–2.44)

2.08

(1.47–2.94)

1.45

(1.20–1.74)

 

High

2.34

(1.37–4.00)

3.70

(2.09–6.53)

3.52

(1.74–7.10)

2.86

(2.06–3.96)

2002

Non suicidal

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Low

1.64

(1.09–2.45)

1.63

(1.13–2.36)

1.63

(1.17–2.27)

1.63

(1.36–1.96)

 

High

2.39

(1.02–5.57)

3.50

(1.75–7.00)

1.72

(0.95–3.12)

2.50

(1.74–3.59)

Total

Non suicidal

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Low

1.27

(1.03–1.55)

1.45

(1.20–1.74)

1.63

(1.36–1.96)

1.47

(1.32–1.64)

 

High

2.51

(1.09–2.08)

2.86

(2.06–3.96)

1.50

(1.34–3.59)

2.20

(1.82–2.67)

 

Girls:

1994

Non suicidal

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Low

2.23

(1.62–3.07)

1.73

(1.32–2.28)

1.34

(1.02–1.77)

1.62

(1.34–1.95)

 

High

5.40

(3.00–9.73)

2.24

(1.43–3.51)

3.15

(2.05–4.83)

3.33

(2.37–4.68)

1998

Non suicidal

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Low

1.32

(0.92–1.89)

1.33

(0.98–1.82)

1.56

(1.14–2.15)

1.40

(1.19–1.65)

 

High

2.79

(1.58–4.91)

3.63

(2.10–6.24)

4.54

(2.97–6.95)

2.81

(2.14–3.70)

2002

Non suicidal

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Low

1.87

(1.31–2.70)

1.51

(1.12–2.04)

1.77

(1.32–2.38)

1.47

(1.24–1.73)

 

High

3.15

(1.59–6.22)

3.32

(1.98–5.58)

3.13

(2.03–4.82)

3.51

(2.75–4.47)

Total

Non suicidal

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

Low

1.62

(1.34–1.95)

1.40

(1.19–1.65)

1.47

(1.24–1.73)

1.54

(1.39–1.69)

 

High

3.33

(2.37–4.68)

2.81

(2.14–3.70)

3.51

(2.75–4.47)

3.40

(2.90–3.97)