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Table 4 School and individual effects on suicide-risk 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

Suicide risk Unadjusted OR

p

Suicide risk Adjusted OR

p

Prior mental health risk

Age 11-Depression

1.13 (1.08-1.18)

< 0.001

1.09 (1.04-1.15)

< 0.001

Age 11-Psych service (no)

   Yes

2.44 (1.15-5.15)

0.020

2.28 (0.99-5.27)

0.054

   Missing

1.76 (1.11-2.80)

0.017

2.63 (0.58-11.96)

0.210

Age 11-Victimised (never)

   Less often

1.28 (0.88-1.86)

0.193

1.03 (0.69-1.54)

0.902

   Weekly

2.01 (1.30-3.11)

0.002

1.39 (0.84-2.30)

0.203

Social background

Gender (male)

   Female

2.66 (1.86-3.79)

< 0.001

3.33 (2.22-4.99)

< 0.001

Relative age (older than peers)

1.03 (0.98-1.08)

0.199

1.03 (0.98-1.08)

0.261

Social Class (I)

   II

0.71 (0.36-1.38)

0.309

0.56 (0.27-1.18)

0.129

   IIIn

0.61 (0.28-1.30)

0.202

0.36 (0.15-0.87)

0.023

   IIIm

0.67 (0.34-1.30)

0.234

0.41 (0.19-0.89)

0.025

   IV

0.62 (0.29-1.32)

0.212

0.38 (0.16-0.92)

0.032

   V

1.17 (0.50-2.70)

0.721

0.53 (0.20-1.40)

0.197

   Missing

0.77 (0.30-1.99)

0.588

0.31 (0.10-0.96)

0.042

Deprivation

1.03 (0.94-1.12)

0.551

0.98 (0.87-1.10)

0.710

Religion (Protestant)

   Catholic

1.47 (0.89-2.42)

0.135

0.51 (0.24-1.09)

0.084

   Other

0.84 (0.54-1.29)

0.416

0.39 (0.15-1.03)

0.058

   None

0.42 (0.16-1.07)

0.070

0.89 (0.51-1.55)

0.683

   Missing

0.99 (0.59-1.65)

0.965

0.53 (0.11-2.43)

0.411

Family (2-parent)

   Other

2.04 (1.30-3.21)

0.002

1.54 (0.92-2.57)

0.101

   1-Parent

1.43 (0.92-2.20)

0.109

1.13 (0.69-1.85)

0.633

Parental control

1.28 (1.16-1.41)

< 0.001

1.08 (0.96-1.21)

0.180

Parental care

0.74 (0.67-0.81)

< 0.001

0.85 (0.76-0.96)

0.009

School connectedness

Age 11-engagement

1.01 (0.83-1.23)

0.922

1.00 (0.80-1.24)

0.983

Environment (poorer)

1.08 (1.04-1.12)

< 0.001

1.03 (0.98-1.08)

0.303

Involvement (poorer)

1.21 (1.11-1.31)

< 0.001

1.04 (0.92-1.17)

0.547

(Dis)engagement (poorer)

1.30 (1.19-1.41)

< 0.001

1.18 (1.05-1.32)

0.006

T/P relations (poorer)

1.36 (1.17-1.57)

< 0.001

1.09 (0.89-1.32)

0.419

Neighbourhood perception

Neigh'd cohesion (poorer)

1.23 (1.05-1.45)

0.009

1.02 (0.85-1.21)

0.843

Neigh'd safety/civility (poorer)

1.24 (1.05-1.46)

0.010

1.05 (0.86-1.28)

0.641

Neigh'd facilities (poorer)

1.11 (0.94-1.32)

0.224

0.91 (0.76-1.10)

0.352

School level variables

Overall (avg) ethos (poorer)

1.24 (1.00-1.55)

0.055

1.07 (0.80-1.42)

0.660

School roll (quintiles)

1.08 (0.96-1.22)

0.204

1.05 (0.92-1.21)

0.451

School rating (poorer)

1.39 (0.96-2.02)

0.081

1.65 (1.10-2.47)

0.016

Denomination

0.95 (0.65-1.38)

0.776

1.89 (0.95-3.78)

0.071

Cross-level interaction

Mismatch between religion and school denomination

2.09 (1.01-4.31)

0.047

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  1. Significant odds ratios are emboldened