Table 4 Multivariate analysis of variables associated with suicide attempts among school-attending adolescents in Malawi, adjusted for age and sex

Lifetime sexual partners

1.66

1.28, 2.16

<0.0001

Bullied

2.76

1.62, 4.69

<0.001

Physical fight

2.97

1.66, 5.31

<0.001

Food deprivation

0.88

0.52, 1.48

0.631

Physically attacked

2.92

1.89, 4.53

<0.001

Early sexual debut

3.73

1.96, 7.11

<0.001

Serious injury

3.58

2.75, 4.65

<0.001

Physically bullied

3.34

1.63, 6.86

0.001

Loneliness

2.56

1.55, 4.24

<0.001

Anxiety

4.47

3.19, 6.27

<0.001

Suicide ideation

7.69

4.76, 12.44

<0.001

Suicide planning

5.95

2.91, 12.22

<0.001

Parental tobacco use

3.54

2.01, 6.25

<0.001

Days people smoked in presence during past week

1.24

1.07, 1.44

0.005

 0

1

 1

0.46

0.26, 0.80

0.006

 2

0.45

0.28, 0.72

0.001

  ≥ 3

0.35

0.21, 0.59

<0.001

 Alcohol use at early age

10.01

3.71, 27.01

<0.001

 Alcohol use in past 30 days

13.70

5.98, 31.37

<0.001