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Table 3 Correlates of current week suicidal ideation (unweighted)

From: Life stress and suicidal ideation in Australian men – cross-sectional analysis of the Australian longitudinal study on male health baseline data

Correlate

OR

95 % CI

p-value

Socio-demographic factors

 Age

  (base) 18–29

1.00

  

  30–39

0.95

0.77,1.17

0.613

  40–49

1.12

0.92,1.38

0.263

  50–55

1.11

0.88,1.40

0.370

Married/ de facto

0.69

0.58, 0.81

0.000

 Socioeconomic disadvantagea

  (base) 1st quintile

1.00

  

  2nd quintile

1.09

0.87,1.35

0.456

  3rd quintile

0.90

0.73,1.11

0.330

  4th quintile

0.97

0.78,1.21

0.819

   5th quintile

0.73

0.58,0.93

0.010

Clinical factors

Depression (12 month)

4.49

3.74,5.40

0.000

Anxiety (12 month)

1.27

1.02,1.57

0.025

Alcohol Harmful/Hazardous Use

1.38

1.20,1.59

0.000

Life Events (12 month)

Serious personal injury

1.27

1.07,1.51

0.006

Relationship end

1.46

1.18,1.80

0.001

Family conflict

1.95

1.64,2.32

0.000

Difficulty finding work

1.95

1.65,2.39

0.000

Legal troubles

1.27

1.00,1.60

0.046

Loss of personal property

1.66

1.23,2.23

0.001

  1. aAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas - Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage