Table 2 Comparison of factors by suicide attempt among 2225 school-attending adolescents in Malawi, GSHS 2009
Variable | No suicide attempt (n = 1,938) | One or more suicide attempts (n = 287) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (SD) | 13.9 (0.89) | 14.1 (0.87) | <0.001 |
Lifetime sexual partners (SD) | 1.3 (0.89) | 1.6 (1.2) | <0.001 |
Bullied | 16.5 | 33.9 | <0.001 |
Physical fight | 8.1 | 20.7 | <0.001 |
Sex (male) | 47.0 | 45.0 | 0.514 |
Food deprivation | 11.5 | 17.6 | 0.003 |
Physically attacked | 17.0 | 38.4 | <0.001 |
Early sexual debit | 10.9 | 23.9 | <0.001 |
Serious injury | 27.4 | 52.5 | <0.001 |
Physically bullied | 5.4 | 13.4 | <0.001 |
Loneliness | 14.6 | 27.5 | <0.001 |
Anxiety | 10.8 | 27.1 | <0.001 |
Suicide ideation | 9.1 | 38.7 | <0.001 |
Suicide planning | 16.3 | 53.9 | <0.001 |
Parental tobacco use | 11.0 | 27.7 | <0.001 |
Close friends | 0.059 | ||
0 | 8.2 | 13.0 | |
1 | 34.2 | 32.6 | |
2 | 27.3 | 27.2 | |
≥ 3 | 30.3 | 27.2 | |
Use of alcohol at early age | 7.3 | 21.3 | <0.001 |
Use of alcohol in past 30 days | 4.0 | 16.2 | <0.001 |