Table 1.
Sample Characteristics and Bivariate Analysis Examining Factors Associated with Suicide Ideation among Adolescents in Ontario (OSDUHS, 2017).
| Suicide ideation n = 794 |
No suicide ideation n = 5118 |
Corrected Pearson Chi-Square Test statistic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (column weighted %) | n (column weighted %) | ||
| Sex | 17.9 (p < 0.001) | ||
| Female | 583 (68.1) | 2802 (45.7) | |
| Male | 211 (31.9) | 2316 (54.3) | |
| Total | 794 | 5118 | (Missing = 0) |
| Grade | 2.4 (p = 0.081) | ||
| 7 | 67 (7.6) | 797 (12.1) | |
| 8 | 131 (9.7) | 840 (11.5) | |
| 9 | 141 (17.5) | 1014 (17.1) | |
| 10 | 152 (19.7) | 913 (17.5) | |
| 11 | 134 (15.3) | 784 (19.2) | |
| 12 | 168 (30.3) | 761 (22.6) | |
| Total | 793 | 5109 | (Missing = 10) |
| Ethnicity | 2.4 (p = 0.073) | ||
| White | 419 (46.7) | 2940 (54.4) | |
| Black | 70 (13.7) | 370 (12.2) | |
| East Asian/Southeast Asian | 55 (5.3) | 339 (6.5) | |
| South Asian | 44 (4) | 346 (6.1) | |
| West Asian/Arab | 27 (7.4) | 224 (7) | |
| Latino | 13 (5.5) | 86 (2.1) | |
| Indigenous | 13 (0.7) | 41 (0.5) | |
| Multiracial | 121 (16.8) | 543 (11.2) | |
| Total | 762 | 4889 | (Missing = 261) |
| Region | 1.3 (p = 0.28) | ||
| GTA | 359 (58.1) | 2163 (55.2) | |
| North | 111 (5.7) | 779 (6.3) | |
| West | 114 (20.6) | 647 (18.7) | |
| East | 210 (15.7) | 1529 (19.8) | |
| Total | 794 | 5118 | (Missing = 0) |
| Mean family socioeconomic status (SD) | 6.2 (0.1) | 7 (0.05) | 12.5 (p < 0.001) (Missing = 142) |
| Mean school connectedness (SD) | 2.5 (0.12) | 1.4 (0.05) | 107.1 (p < 0.001) (Missing = 76) |
| Wanted to talk about a mental health problem | 228.1 (p < 0.001) | ||
| Did not know where to turn | 551 (72.5) | 1253 (25) | |
| Knew where to turn | 241 (27.5) | 3839 (75) | |
| Total | 792 | 5092 | (Missing = 28) |
| Satisfied with self | 125.8 (p < 0.001) | ||
| Strongly disagree | 230 (29.2) | 183 (3.6) | |
| Somewhat disagree | 306 (38.8) | 647 (12.8) | |
| Somewhat agree | 210 (26.6) | 2404 (47.4) | |
| Strongly agree | 43 (5.4) | 1835 (36.2) | |
| Total | 789 | 5069 | (Missing = 54) |
| Feel worthless | 62.9 (p < 0.001) | ||
| All of the time | 175 (22.1) | 90 (1.8) | |
| Most of the time | 203 (25.6) | 196 (3.8) | |
| Some of the time | 199 (25.1) | 474 (9.3) | |
| A little of the time | 134 (16.9) | 869 (17) | |
| None of the time | 82 (10.3) | 3477 (68.1) | |
| Total | 793 | 5106 | (Missing = 13) |
| Feel hopeless | 65.2 (p < 0.001) | ||
| All of the time | 127 (16.1) | 74 (1.5) | |
| Most of the time | 205 (25.9) | 237 (4.7) | |
| Some of the time | 229 (29) | 703 (13.8) | |
| A little of the time | 158 (20) | 1349 (26.5) | |
| None of the time | 72 (9) | 2721 (53.5) | |
| Total | 791 | 5084 | (Missing = 37) |
| Bullying victimization | 28.7 (p < 0.001) | ||
| Daily | 50 (6.5) | 96 (1.1) | |
| Once a week | 91 (14.0) | 189 (3.1) | |
| Once a month | 76 (7.8) | 190 (2.8) | |
| Less than once a month | 109 (15.2) | 397 (8.7) | |
| Not bullied | 461 (56.5) | 4157 (84.3) | |
| Total | 787 | 5029 | (Missing = 96) |
| Cyberbullying Victimization | 18.3 (p < 0.001) | ||
| 4 or more times | 112 (12.5) | 154 (2.7) | |
| 2 or 3 times | 122 (14.2) | 251 (5.5) | |
| Once | 114 (13.3) | 471 (8.8) | |
| Never | 433 (60) | 4158 (83) | |
| Total | 781 | 5034 | (Missing = 97) |
| Smoke cigarettes daily | 11.4 (p < 0.001) | ||
| Yes | 45 (7.1) | 80 (1.8) | |
| No | 747 (92.9) | 5029 (93.3) | |
| Total | 792 | 5109 | (Missing = 11) |
| Drink alcohol | 9.8 (p < 0.001) | ||
| Regular use | 154 (21.4) | 542 (12.1) | |
| Occasional use | 281 (34.9) | 1372 (28.3) | |
| No use | 357 (43.7) | 3185 (59.6) | |
| Total | 792 | 5099 | (Missing = 21) |
| Smoke cannabis | 11.1 (p < 0.001). | ||
| 20 or more times | 68 (10.8) | 189 (4.3) | |
| 6 to 19 times | 68 (7.6) | 179 (4) | |
| 3 to 5 times | 48 (7.1) | 131 (3.1) | |
| 1 or 2 times | 64 (9.1) | 265 (5.4) | |
| None | 539 (65.3) | 4300 (83.2) | |
| Total | 787 | 5064 | (Missing = 61) |
| Hours of social media per day | 8.7 (p < 0.001) | ||
| 5 or more | 271 (34.1) | 847 (17.9) | |
| 3 or 4 | 208 (24.3) | 1249 (25.7) | |
| 2 | 125 (16.2) | 1054 (19.6) | |
| 1 or less | 111 (13.7) | 1176 (23.0) | |
| Do not use or do not use daily | 77 (11.7) | 774 (13.8) | |
| Total | 792 | 5100 | (Missing = 20) |
Note. Cell totals do not add up to the same value due to missingness across variables.