Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Intimate femicide–suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Shanaaz Mathews, Naeemah Abrahams, Rachel Jewkes, Lorna J Martin, Carl Lombard, Lisa Vetten

Volume 86, Number 7, July 2008, 552-558

Table 3. Logistic regression analysis model: factors associated with intimate femicide–suicidea

Variable Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value
Perpetrator occupation
Blue-collar 1.00 –
Other 1.4 (0.42–4.80) 0.55
Professional/ white-collar 37.3 (5.82–238.92) 0.001
Security 3.8 (0.44–32.71) 0.21
Gun ownership
No legal gun 1.00 –
Unknown legal gun ownership 1.3 (0.21–8.1) 0.76
Legal gun ownership 45.3 (8.33–245.8) < 0.000
Perpetrator race
African 1.00 –
Mixed 0.8 (0.16-4.41) 0.84
White 5.8 (1.22-27.85) 0.029
Indian 0.7 (0.19-2.74) 0.61
Log likelihood: –40.76
Wald χ²: 52.72
P-value: < 0.0001
Pseudo R²: 0.53

a Weighted estimates.