Table 3 The bivariate association between socio-demographic characteristics, household structure, sexual abuse, wellbeing and externalizing problems to suicide attempts among female students in four ethnic groups (N = 5611), aged 14–16 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2003–2006
Dutch (N = 4691) | Creole-Surinamese (N = 130) | Antillean (N = 357) | Cape Verdean (N = 433) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No SA (N = 4264) | SA (N = 427) | P | No SA (N = 110) | SA (N = 20) | P | No SA (N = 307) | SA (N = 50) | P | No SA (N = 397) | SA (N = 36) | P | |
Level of Educational, % | ||||||||||||
Low | 40.6 | 67.1 | <.001 | 75.2 | 80.0 | .77 | 89.8 | 87.8 | .61 | 81.6 | 86.1 | .75 |
Middle | 26.3 | 19.7 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 8.3 | ||||
High | 33.1 | 13.1 | 10.1 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 | 5.6 | ||||
SES score, mean (SD) | .15 (1.12) | .32 (1.23) | .003 | 1.54 (1.40) | 1.84 (1.06) | .37 | 1.68 (1.13) | 1.97 (0.98) | .12 | 2.12 (1.11) | 2.22 (0.81) | .62 |
Not living with 2 biological parents, % | 21.5 | 36.5 | <.001 | 68.5 | 85.5 | .14 | 75.7 | 72.0 | .57 | 53.9 | 66.7 | .14 |
Sexual abuse, % | 6.2 | 26.5 | <.001 | 5.5 | 30.0 | <.001 | 7.9 | 30.0 | <.001 | 6.9 | 30.6 | <.001 |
Emotional problems, mean (SD) | 75.3 (14.1) | 60.0 (18.0) | <.001 | 74.3 (14.8) | 51.3 (23.1) | <.001 | 74.9 (16.5) | 55.8 (19.4) | <.001 | 75.4 (16.2) | 58.3 (20.3) | <.001 |
Aggressive behavior, % | ||||||||||||
Never | 78.0 | 48.6 | <.001 | 43.6 | 35.0 | .72 | 42.8 | 28.6 | <.001 | 47.5 | 31.4 | .19 |
Occasional | 19.6 | 40.6 | 41.8 | 45.0 | 47.4 | 38.8 | 41.4 | 54.3 | ||||
Frequent | 2.3 | 10.8 | 14.5 | 20.0 | 9.8 | 32.7 | 11.1 | 14.3 | ||||