Table 1 Frequencies for categorical predictors at individual and school-level
Categorical variables | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Outcome variables (n= 1698) | ||
Any Attempted Suicide (age 15) | ||
   No attempt | 1595 | 93.9 |
   Attempt | 103 | 6.1 |
Highest Suicide risk (age 15) | ||
   No risk | 1539 | 90.6 |
   Risk (attempt or ideation) | 159 | 9.4 |
Any Deliberate Self Harm (DSH) (age 19) [737 missing] | ||
   No DSH | 915 | 93.2 |
   DSH | 67 | 6.8 |
Individual level ( n = 1698) | ||
Used Psychological service (age 11) | ||
   No | 1470 | 86.6 |
   Yes | 49 | 2.9 |
   Miss | 179 | 10.5 |
Bullied or tease (age 11) | ||
   Never | 904 | 53.2 |
   Less often | 557 | 32.8 |
   Weekly | 237 | 14.0 |
Gender | ||
   Female | 856 | 50.4 |
   Male | 842 | 49.6 |
Social Class (age 11) | ||
   I | 103 | 6.1 |
   II | 432 | 25.4 |
   IIIn | 223 | 13.1 |
   IIIm | 530 | 31.2 |
   IV | 241 | 14.2 |
   V | 90 | 5.3 |
   Missing | 79 | 4.7 |
Religion (age 11) | ||
   Protestant | 642 | 37.8 |
   Catholic | 529 | 31.2 |
   Other | 115 | 6.8 |
   None | 229 | 13.5 |
   Missing | 183 | 10.8 |
Family (age 15) | ||
   2-parent | 1247 | 73.4 |
   1-parent | 267 | 15.7 |
   Other (reconstituted or other family) | 184 | 10.8 |
School-level ( n = 42) [1 missing] | ||
School roll | ||
   Q1 | 9 | 21.4 |
   Q2 | 9 | 21.4 |
   Q3 | 9 | 21.4 |
   Q4 | 7 | 16.7 |
   Q5 | 8 | 19.0 |
Denomination | ||
   Non-denomination school | 26 | 61.9 |
   Denomination school | 16 | 38.1 |
Cross-level interaction ( n = 1698) | ||
Religion & school denomination | ||
   Matching religion & denomination | 1643 | 96.8 |
   Mismatching religion & denomination | 55 | 3.2 |