Table 6

Multivariate model for completed suicides among male children of sawmill workers during the first 16 years of the child's life

Independent Variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Father's ethnicity (ref = Caucasian)

Sikh

.37 (.04,3.37)* (.38)**

.33 (.04,3.08) (.33)

.36 (.03,4.56) (.43)

Chinese***

-

-

-

Father's marital status (ref = married)

1.13 (.78,1.61) (.52)

1.13 (.76,1.67) (.56)

1.23 (.76,1.98) (.40)

Father's suicide

-

-

-

Father's mental health diagnosis

.11 (.01,1.42) (.09

.12 (.01,1.42) (.09)

.13 (.01,1.47) (.10)

Father's alcohol diagnosis ****

-

-

-

Father's Occupational Status (ref = manger)

Tradesman

.82 (.05,13.78) (.89)

Skilled

3.14 (.17,57.56) (.44)

Father's average duration (years) of employment at sawmill

.98 (.86,1.13) (.82)

.99 (.86,1.14) (.89))

.97 (.80,1.16) (.71)

Psychosocial and physical work conditions

Psychological demand

.53 (.30,.95) (.03)

.40 (.18,.90) (.03)

.42 (.20,.98) (.04)

* 95% Confidence intervals; ** p-value; ***data are missing as no Chinese fathers had a male child who completed suicide; ****data are missing as no father of a case or control had an alcohol-related mental health diagnosis.

Aleck et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:77   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-77