Table 1.
Comparing Characteristics between Informants of Suicides and Those of Living Controls
| Variable | Informants of suicides n = 132 f (%) |
Informants of controls n = 132 f (%) |
t or χ2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family member | ||||
| Yes | 63 (47.7) | 63 (47.7) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| No | 69 (52.3) | 69 (52.3) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 52 (39.4) | 35 (26.5) | ||
| Female | 80 (60.6) | 97 (73.5) | 4.956 | 0.026 |
| Age | 132 (m = 50.11, sd = 12.47) | 132 (m = 42.76, sd = 12.96) | 4.695 | 0.000 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 105 (79.5) | 116 (87.9) | ||
| Others | 27 (20.5) | 16 (12.1) | 3.361 | 0.067 |
| Family size | ||||
| 1~3 | 88 (66.7) | 85 (64.4) | ||
| 4 and above | 44 (33.3) | 47 (35.6) | 0.151 | 0.698 |
| Family annual income | ||||
| Lower than 10,000 | 71 (53.8) | 61 (46.2) | 1.515 | 0.218 |
| 10,000 and above | 61 (46.2) | 71 (53.8) | ||
| Depression status | ||||
| No | 74 (56.1) | 93 (70.4) | ||
| Possible | 14 (10.6) | 17 (12.9) | 9.785 | 0.008 |
| Yes | 44 (33.3) | 22 (16.7) | ||
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 8 (6.1) | 18 (13.6) | ||
| Rural | 124 (93.9) | 114 (86.4) | 4.266 | 0.039 |
| Education level | ||||
| No school | 8 (6.1) | 6 (4.6) | ||
| Elementary | 62 (47.0) | 47 (35.6) | ||
| Middle school | 47 (35.6) | 51 (38.6) | 7.390 | 0.117 |
| High school | 6 (4.5) | 7 (5.3) | ||
| College and above | 9 (6.8) | 21 (15.9) | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Atheism | 119 (90.2) | 122 (92.4) | 0.429 | 0.513 |
| Others | 13 (9.8) | 10 (7.6) | ||
| Believing in God | ||||
| Yes | 16 (12.1) | 20 (15.2) | 0.515 | 0.473 |
| No | 116 (87.9) | 112 (84.8) | ||
| Believing in afterlife | ||||
| Yes | 11 (8.3) | 9 (6.8) | 0.216 | 0.642 |
| No | 121 (91.7) | 123 (93.2) |