Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression for factors associated with suicide behaviours among university students in south-western Uganda

Age

0.94 (0.86 – 1.03)

Sponsor for paying university tuition fees

 Government

1

 Loan scheme

1.65 (0.43 – 6.31)

 NGO

3.95 (0.74 – 21.19)

 Private

2.04 (0.65 – 6.46)

 Others

3.33 (0.72 – 15.45)

College/Faculty

 Agriculture and Environment Sciences

1

 Business and Management Sciences

2.20 (0.33 – 14.57)

 Computing and Information Science

7.53 (0.71 – 79.48)

 Education and External Studies

1.48 (0.24 – 9.17)

 Engineering, Designing, Art, and Technology

1.33 (0.21 – 8.51)

 Health Sciences/Medicine

0.82 (0.15 – 4.57)

 Humanities and Social Sciences

1.00 (0.09 – 11.24)

 Law

1.05 (0.12 – 9.06)

 Others

0.81 (0.14 – 4.81)

Year of study

 First

1

1

 Second

0.97 (0.53- 1.81)

0.61 (0.23 – 1.61)

 Third

0.88 (0.46 – 1.69)

0.41 (0.13 – 1.29)

 Fourth

0.56 (0.26 – 1.21)

0.80 (0.25 – 2.57)

 Fifth

0.21 (0.05 – 0.80)

Omitted

 Sixth

0.32 (0.03 – 3.10)

Omitted

Smoking cigarette/marijuana

 No

1

 Yes

2.78 (0.52 – 14.99)

Having relationship issues

 No

1

 Yes

1.24 (0.83 – 1.87)

Had trouble paying university tuition fees

 No

1

1

1

 Yes

2.04 (1.34 – 3.12)

1.75 (0.87 – 3.54)

2.51 (1.13 – 5.55)

Satisfied with academic grades

 No

1

1

 Yes

0.47 (0.31 – 0.72)

0.46 (0.23 – 0.93)

Been sexually abused

 No

1

1

1

 Yes

1.61 (0.82 – 3.16)

2.13 (0.90 – 5.04)

3.02 (1.21 – 7.51)

Been treated for any mental health condition

 No

1

1

1

 Yes

1.71 (0.74 – 3.97)

1.71 (0.60 – 4.87)

1.08 (0.32 – 3.63)

Having a chronic physical medical condition

 No

1

1

1

 Yes

2.30 (1.01 – 5.25)

3.08 (1.14 – 8.28)

3.93 (1.48 – 10.46)