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Table 7 Multivariable model of factors associated with suicidality

From: Population level mental distress in rural Ethiopia

  

Odds ratio

95% CI

p value

Demographic Factors

Age

 

1.01

1.00

1.03

0.142

Marital status

     
 

Single

1.0

   
 

Married

1.95

1.01

3.77

0.046

 

Formerly married

1.42

0.60

3.39

0.430

Education

     
 

Formal education

1.0

   
 

Able to read/write

2.06

1.15

3.70

0.016

 

Non-literate

2.29

1.33

3.93

0.003

Psychosocial factors

Life events

     
 

None

1.0

   
 

≤2 life events

2.41

1.53

3.80

<0.001

 

>2 life events

2.84

1.67

4.82

<0.001

Clinical factors

Family history of illness

 

No

1.0

   
 

Yes

1.48

0.91

2.40

0.111

Severity of CMD

     
 

None

1.0

   
 

Mild

6.38

3.97

10.24

<0.001

 

Moderate

14.54

8.56

24.70

<0.001

 

Severe

60.91

28.01

132.48

<0.001

  1. CMD = common mental disorder.