Table 3

Prevalence estimates of suicidal ideation, planning and repetition and phi correlation with marijuana use among senior high school students in Ghana, WHO GSHS, 201215

Suicidal domainPrevalence (95% CI)φ with marijuana use
Suicidal ideation18.9 (16.8 to 21.2)0.11***
Suicidal planning23.1 (19.2 to 27.5)0.10***
Repeated attempted suicide11.5 (9.1 to 14.4)0.23***
  • φ phi correlation used to measure the strength of a relationship between two dummy artificial variables; p value indication: ***p<0.001.

  • GSHS, Global School-Based Student Health Survey.