A descriptive study of youth risk behavior in urban and rural secondary school students in El Salvador

Table 3 Prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among eighth & ninth grade secondary students attending public schools in a central region of El Salvador by socio-demographic characteristics, 1999

Factor	Sample Size	Felt sad or hopeless every day for 2 weeks in a row^c		Seriously considered attempting suicide^c		Attempted suicide^c
		% (CI)^d	Adj. OR (95% CI)^e	% (CI)^d	Adj. OR (95% CI)^e	% (CI)^d	Adj. OR (95% CI)^e
Gender
Male^a	512	29.1 (± 2.9)	1.00	8.0 (± 1.7)	1.00	5.1 (± 1.4)	1.00
Female	463	35.6 (± 3.0)	1.47 (1.11, 1.96)	17.9 (± 2.4)	2.83 (1.87, 4.30)	10.4 (± 1.9)	2.51 (1.49, 4.23)
Age Group(in years)
12 to 14^a	294	28.6 (± 2.9)	1.00	12.8 (± 2.1)	1.00	7.2 (± 1.7)	1.00
15 to 16	462	30.7 (± 3.0)	1.16 (0.83, 1.61)	12.4 (± 2.1)	0.95 (0.60, 1.49)	7.8 (± 1.7)	1.11 (0.62, 1.99)
17 to 20	174	41.4 (± 3.2)	1.98 (1.31, 2.99)	15.0 (± 2.3)	1.41 (0.80, 2.50)	8.6 (± 1.8)	1.42 (0.69, 2.93)
Subjective Economic Status ^b
Low	388	37.4 (± 3.1)	1.42 (1.06, 1.90)	16.4 (± 2.4)	1.88 (1.26, 2.82)	9.1 (± 1.8)	1.44 (0.87, 2.38)
High^a	561	29.6 (± 2.9)	1.00	10.5 (± 2.0)	1.00	6.6 (± 1.6)	1.00
School Geography
Urban	486	36.2 (± 3.0)	1.57 (1.18, 2.10)	15.3 (± 2.3)	1.76 (1.17, 2.65)	8.1 (± 1.7)	1.22 (0.74, 2.01)
Rural^a	489	28.2 (± 2.8)	1.00	10.1 (± 1.9)	1.00	7.2 (± 1.6)	1.00
Total	976	32.2	N/A	12.7	N/A	7.6	N/A

Bold text indicates significant at < .05 level.
Abbreviations: ref, referent; Prev., Prevalence; Adj. OR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI, 95% Confidence Interval; N/A, not applicable.
^aReferent group; ^bLow = self-classification as "poor", "nearly poor" or "just getting by"; High = "living very well off" or "living comfortably"; ^cDuring 12 months preceding survey; ^dPrevalence is based on bivariate association and is unadjusted; ^eOR adjusted for all factors in table.

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