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