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. 2011 Mar 11;4:197–205. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S17156

Table 1.

Percentage distribution and crosstabulated analyses of any suicidal ideation and suicidal levels with sociodemographic and clinical factors

Total sample
Suicidal ideation
Suicidality level (n = 318)
(n = 2068) % Yes (n = 318) % No (n = 1750) % Passive ideation (n = 178) % Active ideation without a plan (n = 76) % Active ideation with a plan (n = 45) % Suicide attempt (n = 19) %
Total suicidal ideators 56.0 23.9 14.1 6.0
Gender
  Male 24.1 12.4 87.6 43.5 32.3 17.7 6.5
  Female 75.9 16.3a 83.7 59.0 21.9 13.3 5.8
Age
  ≤ 50 years 29.2 18.9 81.1 51.7 22.8 20.2 5.3
  51–64 years 40.4 18.2 81.8 55.3 26.3 11.2 7.2
  ≥ 65 years 30.4 8.3b 91.7 67.3 19.2 9.6 3.9
Education
  11 or less 50.8 16.1 83.9 52.7 24.8 15.4 7.1
  12 21.9 19.0 81.0 54.7 24.4 15.1 5.8
  Some college 12.5 15.9 84.1 63.4 24.4 9.8 2.4
  Four years college or more 14.8 7.2b 92.8 72.7 13.6 9.1 4.6
Marital status
  Married 54.2 16.5 83.5 55.6 19.6 20.3 4.5
  Nonmarried 45.8 14.0 86 56.2 27.0 9.7 7.0a
Employment status
  Yes 27.1 12.5 87.5 55.7 24.3 12.9 7.1
  No 72.9 16.5a 83.5 56.0 23.8 14.5 5.7
Depression severity
  None–moderate 80.1 6.5 93.5 65.7 25.0 5.6 3.7
  Moderately severe 13.4 46.9 53.1 51.5 23.1 19.2 6.2
  Severe 6.5 59.3b 40.7 50.0 23.8 17.5 8.8a

Notes:

a

P ≤ 0.05;

b

P ≤ 0.001.