Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the resilient versus nonresilient groups
| Characteristics | Resilience (n=105) | Nonresilience (n =121) | Statistic | p |
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| Age (mean ± SDa) | 44.0 ± 14.0 | 45.0 ± 10.1 | WRSb =11945 | 0.870 |
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| Sex (female) | 54 (52.4%) | 76 (63.9%) | χ2 = 3.0 | 0.084 |
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| Race | χ2 = 3.3 | 0.071 | ||
| African American | 96 (91.4%) | 100 (83.3%) | ||
| Others | 9 (8.6%) | 20 (16.7%) | ||
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| Education | χ2 = 2.2 | 0.324 | ||
| Highschool or below | 68 (64.8%) | 75 (63.0%) | ||
| Some college or technical school | 24 (22.9%) | 35 (29.4%) | ||
| College graduates or graduate school | 13 (12.4%) | 9 (7.6%) | ||
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| Employment | χ2 = 7.7 | 0.006 | ||
| Employed | 33 (31.4%) | 19 (15.8%) | ||
| Unemployed | 72 (68.6%) | 101 (84.2%) | ||
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| Income per month | χ2 = 18.8 | 0.0003 | ||
| 0 – 249 | 20 (19.4%) | 44 (37.9%) | ||
| 250 – 999 | 37 (35.9%) | 48 (41.4%) | ||
| 1000 – 1999 | 35 (34.0%) | 14 (12.1%) | ||
| ≥ 2000 | 11 (10.7%) | 10 (8.6%) | ||
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| Relationship status | χ2 = 0.6 | 0.448 | ||
| Married | 15 (14.3%) | 13 (10.9%) | ||
| Others (single, divorced, widowed) | 90 (85.7%) | 106 (89.1%) | ||
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| Childhood abuse | χ2 = 29.8 | <0.0001 | ||
| None or mild | 71 (69.6%) | 37 (34.9%) | ||
| 1moderate-to-severe type of abuse | 20 (19.6%) | 27 (25.5%) | ||
| ≥ 2 moderate-to-severe types of abuse | 11 (10.8%) | 42 (39.6%) | ||
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| Other types of trauma (mean ± SDa) | 4.0 ± 2.5 | 5.9 ± 3.0 | WRSa = 8997 | <0.0001 |
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| Having past suicide attempts | 6 (5.8%) | 40 (33.9%) | χ2 = 26.3 | <0.0001 |
a
SD: standard deviation
b
WRS: Wilcoxon Rank Sum test