Suicidal behaviors among Moroccan school students: prevalence and association with socio-demographic characteristics and psychoactive substances use: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics and their correlations with suicidal behaviors among Moroccan school students

	Past month death wish		Past month self-harm wish		Past month suicide ideation		Past month suicide plan		Past month suicide attempt		Lifetime suicide attempts
	(%)	P value	(%)	P value	(%)	P value	(%)	P value	(%)	P value	(%)	P value
Gender		<0.0001		<0.001		<0.0001		0.004		0.02		<0.0001
Boys	17.5		12.6		10.9		5.1		5.5		7.8
Girls	36.8		17.1		20.9		7.6		7.4		13.5
Age (years)		0.003		0.03		0.04		0.3		0.7		0.1
11–14	22.3		12		12.8		6.5		6.7		10.8
15–18	28.8		15.9		16.6		6.5		6.5		10.9
19–23	25.4		14.7		17.1		4.4		5.6		7.6
School level		0.009		0.2		0.3		<0.0001		<0.0001		0.001
Middle school	24.8		15.2		15.4		7.7		7.9		12.2
High school	28.8		14.3		16.1		4.6		4.7		8.5
School location		<0.0001		0.01		<0.0001		0.06		0.1		0.03
Rural	20.4		12.3		11.1		5		5.6		8.7
Urban	28.7		15.6		17.3		6.7		6.8		11.2
Parents’ marital status		<0.0001		0.007		0.001		0.01		<0.0001		0.1
Married	25.4		14		14.9		5.8		5.9		10.2
Divorced	37.7		22.6		24.8		13.2		16		15.1
Widowed	33.3		17.4		15.9		8		8.7		13.1
Separated	45.2		24.2		30.6		9.7		8.1		9.7
Father education		0.016		0.004		0.01		0.1		0.006		0.4
Illiterate	25.6		13.7		14.2		5.8		6.4		9.8
Primary	27		15.4		15.9		5.7		5.9		11.4
Secondary	30		17.5		19.1		8		8.5		11.4
University and above	20.8		9.3		12.2		4.5		2.9		8.6
Mother education		0.07		0.1		0.2		0.9		0.03		0.07
Illiterate	26.2		14.9		15		6		6.7		10.5
Primeray	24.5		12.7		14.5		6.2		4		8.4
Secondary	31		16.5		18.5		6.8		7.8		13.1
University and above	23.4		9.9		14.2		5.7		3.5		7.7
Father employment		0.3		0.06		0.2		0.1		0.2		0.06
Unemployed	33.3		22.2		22.2		11.1		8.6		12.3
Employed	26.2		14.2		15.5		6.1		6.5		10.9
Retired	25.3		17.2		14.6		5.2		4.3		6
Mother employment		0.07		0.1		0.01		0.1		0.07		0.09
Employed	30.5		16.8		15		8.2		8.6		13.1
Unemployed	26.2		14.3		20.5		6		6.1		10.2
Family income		<0.0001		<0.0001		<0.0001		0.08		0.001		0.01
≤ 300 £	34.1		22.8		23.1		8.4		9.6		13.9
301–1000 £	25.1		12.4		14.1		5.7		5.4		9.5
≥ 1000 £	25		18.1		13.1		5.7		9.1		12.4

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