Table 4.
Means and standard deviations of self-harm and suicidal behavior in different groups by gender, immigrant status, family economic status, and parental marital status.
| DSH | SB | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Statistics | P | Mean | SD | Statistics | P | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | .03 | .10 | t = −2.23 | .03 | .05 | .14 | t = −5.40 | .00 |
| Female | .04 | .10 | .08 | .18 | ||||
| Immigrant status | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | .04 | .10 | t = −1.10 | .27 | .07 | .16 | t = 1.56 | .12 |
| Mainland China | .03 | .09 | .06 | .17 | ||||
| Family economic status | ||||||||
| Not receiving CSSA | .04 | .09 | t = 0.34 | .74 | .06 | .15 | t = 2.34 | .02 |
| Receiving CSSA | .04 | .10 | .09 | .19 | ||||
| Parental marital status | ||||||||
| Divorced | .05 | .13 | F = 4.48 | .00 a | .07 | .17 | F = 7.94 | .00 b |
| Separated | .05 | .09 | .09 | .19 | ||||
| Married | .04 | .09 | .05 | .15 | ||||
| Remarried | .07 | .13 | .12 | .22 | ||||
| Others | .05 | .12 | .09 | .19 | ||||
aTukey's HSD post hoc test showed that significant difference in DSH exists between married and remarried parental marital status.
bTukey's HSD post hoc test showed that significant difference in SB exists between married and remarried parental marital status.