Table 2 Results of multinomial logistic regression of suicidal ideation profiles with age, gender, language, ethnicity, religion, indigeneity, education, region, and job loss due to COVID-19 pandemic—(n = 1793).
From: Evidence of higher suicidal ideation among young adults in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dependent variable (Profile 1 is the comparison group) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Odds ratio (95% CI) | |||
Profile 2 (had suicidal ideation only before the pandemic) (n = 116) | Profile 3 (had suicidal ideation before and during the pandemic) (n = 74) | Profile 4 (had suicidal ideation only during the pandemic) (n = 45) | |
Intercept | 0.32 (0.08, 1.31) | 1.15 (0.27, 4.85) | 0.39 (0.04, 4.12) |
Age (continuous) | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) | **0.98 (0.96, 0.99) | ***0.96 (0.94, 0.98) |
Male | 0.75 (0.51, 1.11) | 1.10 (0.67, 1.79) | 0.73 (0.39, 1.36) |
Other languages | 0.62 (0.30, 1.26) | 0.71 (0.32, 1.57) | 1.06 (0.49, 2.27) |
French | 1.90 (0.86, 4.15) | 0.86 (0.30, 2.42) | *0.07 (0.01, 0.69) |
Non-white | *0.47 (0.25, 0.90) | 0.82 (0.43, 1.59) | 1.09 (0.52, 2.27) |
Religious | 0.76 (0.51, 1.14) | *0.55 (0.34, 0.91) | 1.60 (0.80, 3.18) |
Indigenous | 0.90 (0.31, 2.66) | **0.30 (0.13, 0.72) | 1.14 (0.18, 7.15) |
No diploma or secondary school diploma | 0.99 (0.66, 1.47) | 1.63 (0.98, 2.69) | 1.19 (0.64, 2.24) |
Atlantic | 0.50 (0.19, 1.36) | 1.14 (0.40, 3.22) | 0.32 (0.05, 2.12) |
Ontario | 0.76 (0.43, 1.36) | 0.81 (0.39, 1.69) | 0.66 (0.29, 1.53) |
Prairies | 0.73 (0.38, 1.40) | 0.94 (0.42, 2.07) | 0.53 (0.19, 1.48) |
Quebec | **0.29 (0.11, 0.73) | 0.40 (0.13, 1.25) | 1.03 (0.36, 3.00) |
Job loss | 1.31 (0.82, 2.07) | ***2.54 (1.53, 4.21) | *1.93 (1.01, 3.70) |
