Table 1.

Sociodemographic factors of patients with MDD classified by suicide attempts

Sociodemographic factors	Suicide attempts		Crude OR (95% CI)	P-value
	Yes (n = 186)	No (n = 914)
Sex				0.037
Male	72 (20.3)	282 (79.7)	1.00
Female	114 (15.3)	632 (84.7)	0.71 (0.51–0.98)
Age (years)
13–29	44 (24.0)	139 (76.0)	1.00
30–39	50 (23.5)	163 (76.5)	0.97 (0.61–1.54)	0.894
40–49	45 (17.0)	220 (83.0)	0.65 (0.40–1.03)	0.067
50–59	28 (9.7)	261 (90.3)	0.34 (0.20–0.57)	<0.001
≥60	17 (12.4)	120 (87.6)	0.48 (0.24–0.82)	0.010
Education
No or primary school	89 (15.6)	481 (84.4)	1.00
Junior to high school	57 (24.2)	178 (75.7)	1.73 (1.19–2.51)	0.004
Diploma	13 (18.6)	57 (81.4)	1.23 (0.65–2.35)	0.524
Bachelor or higher	13 (6.9)	176 (93.1)	0.40 (0.22–0.73)	0.003
Marital status				0.028
Single	51 (20.7)	195 (79.3)	1.00
Married	101 (15.1)	567 (84.9)	0.68 (0.47–0.99)	0.044
Widowed/divorced or others	33 (19.5)	136 (80.5)	0.93 (0.57–1.51)	0.764
Occupation
Government or private employee	77 (16.8)	381 (83.2)	1.00
Laborer	40 (16.0)	210 (84.0)	0.94 (0.62–1.43)	0.781
Housewife/student	25 (10.5)	214 (89.5)	0.58 (0.36–0.94)	0.026
Unemployed	41 (29.5)	98 (70.5)	2.07 (1.33–3.21)	0.001
Religion
Buddhism	171 (16.6)	857 (83.4)	1.00
Others	8 (16.7)	40 (83.3)	1.00 (0.46–2.18)	0.995
Number of children
None	32 (32.3)	67 (67.7)	1.00
1–2	51 (15.4)	281 (84.6)	0.38 (0.23–0.64)	<0.001
>2	16 (15.1)	90 (84.9)	0.37 (0.1–0.73)	0.004
Living alone
No	161 (17.0)	786 (83.0)	1.00
Yes	12 (19.4)	50 (80.6)	1.17 (0.61–2.25)	0.634
Social support
Good or excellent	88 (13.6)	560 (86.4)	1.00
Moderate	52 (21.2)	193 (78.8)	1.71 (1.17–2.51)	0.005
Little or very little	24 (28.2)	61 (71.8)	2.50 (1.48–4.22)	0.001
Stressful life events
No	24 (8.3)	267 (91.8)	1.00
Yes	162 (20.0)	647 (80.0)	2.78 (1.77–4.38)	<0.001

Note: Numbers are n (%) or mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: MDD, major depressive disorder; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation.