Prevalence and Correlates of Serious Injuries among Adolescents in Mauritius

Table 3

Relationship between the significant variables and serious injuries among adolescents.

Variables	B	Wald test (z-ratio)	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval for odds ratio
				Lower	Upper
Demographic
Sex	−.373	19.394	0.689	0.584	0.813
Grade	−0.138	2.771	0.871	0.740	1.025
Personal
Hunger	−0.437	8.830	0.646	0.484	0.862
Truancy	−0.264	7.151	0.768	0.633	0.932
Substance use and abuse
Marijuana	−0.616	12.636	0.540	0.385	0.759
Amphetamine	0.052	0.044	1.053	0.648	1.712
Alcohol	−0.449	22.003	0.638	0.529	0.770
Psychosocial
Close friends	−0.032	0.053	0.969	0.739	1.270
Physically attacked	−0.746	59.576	0.474	0.393	0.573
Bullied	−0.543	33.254	0.581	0.483	0.699
Parental care	−0.190	4.731	0.827	0.696	0.981
Suicide ideation	−0.438	9.445	0.645	0.488	0.853
Suicide plan	−0.066	0.214	0.936	0.709	1.237
Suicide attempt	−0.120	0.695	0.887	0.669	1.176
(Constant)	1.437	292.750	4.208

Note. ; Hosmer and Lemeshow test (goodness of fit), χ² (8) = 11.890,  = 0.156.