Table 2 Outcomes of multivariable analysis of variables associated with suicide attempts adjusted for age and sex, among school-attending adolescents in Cook Islands, Curaçao, and Timor Leste, GSHS 2015

Age

 Adjusted OR

1.13

0.93

0.95

 95% CI

0.97–1.30

0.86–1.01

0.88–1.03

 P-value

0.104

0.074

0.197

Sex (male)

 Adjusted OR

0.92

0.64

1.24

 95% CI

0.64–1.31

0.49–0.84

0.99–1.56

 P-value

0.623

0.002

0.06

Suicide ideation

 Adjusted OR

20.88

19.25

10.51

 95% CI

12.15–35.89

14.59–25.41

7.50–14.73

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Suicide planning

 Adjusted OR

14.26

23.80

12.55

 95% CI

7.62–26.70

17.44–32.49

8.70–18.12

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Anxiety

 Adjusted OR

4.66

3.89

2.21

 95% CI

2.94–7.40

2.73–5.55

1.56–3.14

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Loneliness

 Adjusted OR

4.90

4.12

2.02

 95% CI

2.47–9.72

2.98–5.70

1.34–3.05

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.002

Food deprivation

 Adjusted OR

1.51

3.77

1.68

 95% CI

0.78–2.94

2.38–5.96

1.23–2.30

 P-value

0.218

< 0.001

0.002

Close friends

 Adjusted OR

0.65

0.79

0.76

 95% CI

0.49–0.86

0.70–0.90

0.67–0.87

 P-value

0.004

< 0.001

< 0.001

Bullying victimization

 Adjusted OR

5.61

3.71

6.33

 95% CI

3.54–8.91

2.78–4.96

4.27–9.39

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Physical bullying

 Adjusted OR

4.34

3.07

4.44

 95% CI

1.85–10.18

0.94–10.04

2.61–7.56

 P-value

0.001

0.063

< 0.001

Parental tobacco use

 Adjusted OR

1.08

1.91

1.64

 95% CI

0.73–1.60

1.48–2.46

1.24–2.17

 P-value

0.701

< 0.001

0.001

People smoked in presence during the last week

 Adjusted OR

1.28

1.71

1.12

 95% CI

0.82–1.99

1.29–2.26

0.88–1.42

 P-value

0.269

< 0.001

0.324

Physical fight

 Adjusted OR

4.40

4.09

2.77

 95% CI

2.44–7.94

2.89–5.78

1.82–4.22

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Serious injury

 Adjusted OR

2.55

2.44

4.28

 95% CI

1.59–4.09

1.78–3.34

2.88–6.36

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Early sexual debut

 Adjusted OR

Not asked

2.49

2.47

 95% CI

1.68–3.68

1.49–4.09

 P-value

< 0.001

0.001

Alcohol use in the past 30 days

 Adjusted OR

1.92

2.49

4.31

 95% CI

0.96–3.83

1.94–3.19

2.91–6.37

 P-value

0.065

< 0.001

< 0.001

Physically attacked

 Adjusted OR

2.64

3.46

1.99

 95% CI

1.65–4.23

2.38–5.05

1.50–2.66

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Marijuana use in the past 30 days

 Adjusted OR

5.39

3.11

7.67

 95% CI

3.07–9.47

2.04–4.76

5.28–11.14

 P-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Smoked cigarettes

 Adjusted OR

2.67

3.42

3.26

 95% CI

1.24–5.71

2.38–4.91

2.32–4.58

 P-value

0.013

< 0.001

< 0.001

Supportive parental figures

 Adjusted OR

0.82

0.50

1.42

 95% CI

0.50–1.36

0.35–0.70

0.93–2.19

 P-value

0.441

< 0.001

0.101

Helpful peers

 Adjusted OR

0.54

0.68

0.88

 95% CI

0.31–0.93

0.54–0.87

0.62–1.25

 P-value

0.027

0.003

0.46