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Published in final edited form as: Community Ment Health J. 2010 Jul 10;47(5):506–512. doi: 10.1007/s10597-010-9332-2

Table 1.

Demographic descriptions of the respondents from suicide and control groups

Demographics	Informants in suicide group (n = 784)	Informants in control group (n = 1,247)	t/χ²	P
Age (Mean ± SD)	45.0 ± 12.8	32.1 ± 12.0	22.61	<0.001
Gender
Female	342 (43.6%)	704 (56.5%)	31.74	<0.001
Male	442 (56.4%)	543 (43.5%)
School education years (Mean ± SD)	7.16 ± 3.49	8.56 ± 2.86	9.41	<0.001
Marriage status
Never married	73 (9.3%)	297 (23.8%)	67.99	<0.001
Ever married	711 (90.7%)	950 (76.2%)
Religion
No	741 (94.5%)	1,144 (91.7%)	5.56	0.018
Yes	43 (5.5%)	103 (8.3%)
Family annual income (RMB: Yuan) (Mean ± SD)	14834.6 ± 19363.2	16890.8 ± 17298.8	2.43	0.015