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Table 3 School and individual effects on attempted suicide at age 15, unadjusted and fully adjusted models

From: Do schools differ in suicide risk? the influence of school and neighbourhood on attempted suicide, suicidal ideation and self-harm among secondary school pupils

Predictor

Attempted suicide Unadjusted OR

p

Attempted suicide Adjusted OR

p

Prior mental health risk

Age 11-Depression

1.14 (1.09-1.21)

< 0.001

1.10 (1.04-1.17)

0.001

Age 11-Psych service (no)

   Yes

1.88 (0.72-4.85)

0.195

1.69 (0.59-4.87)

0.329

   Missing

1.40 (0.78-2.52)

0.262

2.05 (0.33-12.88)

0.444

Age 11-Victimised (never)

   Less often

1.54 (0.98-2.43)

0.062

1.16 (0.71-1.90)

0.550

   Weekly

2.37 (1.40-4.01)

0.001

1.59 (0.87-2.91)

0.129

Social background

   Gender (male)

   Female

3.05 (1.94-4.78)

< 0.001

3.76 (2.27-6.23)

< 0.001

Relative age (older than peers)

1.05 (0.99-1.11)

0.077

1.05 (0.99-1.12)

0.099

Social Class (I)

   II

0.70 (0.29-1.70)

0.430

0.56 (0.21-1.46)

0.233

   IIIn

0.92 (0.36-2.35)

0.859

0.58 (0.20-1.68)

0.316

   IIIm

0.91 (0.39-2.12)

0.828

0.59 (0.22-1.56)

0.288

   IV

0.98 (0.39-2.45)

0.957

0.61 (0.21-1.75)

0.354

   V

1.16 (0.39-3.43)

0.793

0.53 (0.15-1.85)

0.319

   Missing

0.93 (0.28-3.04)

0.900

0.34 (0.08-1.37)

0.128

Deprivation

1.08 (0.97-1.20)

0.145

1.04 (0.90-1.20)

0.558

Religion (Protestant)

   Catholic

0.82 (0.50-1.34)

0.430

0.39 (0.16-0.96)

0.041

   Other

0.67 (0.26-1.72)

0.402

0.65 (0.24-1.80)

0.406

   None

1.03 (0.56-1.89)

0.931

0.91 (0.47-1.76)

0.785

   Missing

1.21 (0.65-2.28)

0.546

0.46 (0.07-3.00)

0.418

Family (2-parent)

   Other

2.64 (1.58-4.42)

< 0.001

1.96 (1.10-3.51)

0.023

   1-Parent

1.57 (0.93-2.66)

0.089

1.26 (0.70-2.27)

0.439

Parental control

1.23 (1.09-1.38)

0.001

1.03 (0.90-1.19)

0.641

Parental care

0.76 (0.68-0.85)

< 0.001

0.89 (0.77-1.03)

0.116

School connectedness

Age 11-engagement

0.96 (0.76-1.23)

0.768

0.95 (0.72-1.25)

0.727

Environment (poorer)

1.09 (1.04-1.14)

0.001

0.02 (0.96-1.09)

0.567

Involvement (poorer)

1.28 (1.17-1.41)

< 0.001

1.14 (0.99-1.32)

0.077

(Dis)engagement (poorer)

1.32 (1.19-1.45)

< 0.001

1.15 (1.00-1.32)

0.055

T/P relations (poorer)

1.38 (1.16-1.65)

< 0.001

1.07 (0.85-1.36)

0.550

Neighbourhood perception

Neigh'd cohesion (poorer)

1.31 (1.08-1.58)

0.005

1.06 (0.86-1.30)

0.579

Neigh'd safety/civility (poorer)

1.31 (1.07-1.59)

0.008

1.07 (0.84-1.36)

0.583

Neigh'd facilities (poorer)

1.12 (0.91-1.37)

0.285

0.94 (0.74-1.18)

0.582

School level variables

Overall (avg) ethos (poorer)

1.25 (0.95-1.63)

0.105

0.89 (0.621.26)

0.499

School roll (quintiles)

1.07 (0.93-1.23)

0.330

1.09 (0.921.28)

0.312

School rating (poorer)

1.16 (0.76-1.78)

0.485

1.32 (0.822.14)

0.259

Denomination

1.00 (0.66-1.51)

1.000

2.24 (1.014.99 )

0.048

Cross-level interaction

Mismatch between religion and school denomination

2.81 (1.30-6.10)

0.009

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  1. Significant odds ratios are emboldened