Table 1. Sample description and bivariate analyses (n = 11,440).
| N | weighted % | Death ideation (weighted%) | F | P | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 5,227 | 41.1 | 6.9 | ||
| Female | 6,213 | 58.9 | 13.0 | 39.74 | <.001 |
| Age | |||||
| 65–69 | 3,648 | 30.2 | 7.1 | ||
| 70–74 | 2,976 | 24.2 | 8.0 | ||
| 75–79 | 2,437 | 21.9 | 11.0 | ||
| 80–84 | 1,489 | 14.5 | 15.9 | ||
| Over 84 | 890 | 9.1 | 19.5 | 17.09 | <.001 |
| Country | |||||
| Austria | 736 | * | 6.7 | ||
| Germany | 936 | 7.9 | |||
| Belgium | 1,085 | 9.8 | |||
| Denmark | 594 | 5.5 | |||
| Spain | 825 | 11.6 | |||
| France | 1,097 | 13.2 | |||
| Greece | 1,134 | 6.5 | |||
| Netherlands | 873 | 6.6 | |||
| Italy | 1,168 | 11.2 | |||
| Poland | 792 | 16.9 | |||
| Czech Republic | 746 | 11.6 | |||
| Sweden | 815 | 5.8 | |||
| Switzerland | 629 | 7.6 | 6.58 | <.001 | |
| Education | |||||
| Less than 12 years | 8,344 | 74.7 | 11.5 | ||
| 12 years and over | 3,014 | 25.3 | 7.4 | 13.62 | <.001 |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Married/registered partnership | 7,262 | 56.7 | 7.6 | ||
| Divorced/Separated | 584 | 4.9 | 9.3 | ||
| Single | 479 | 5.3 | 10.0 | ||
| Widowed | 3,033 | 33.1 | 15.8 | 19.51 | <.001 |
| Income perception | |||||
| Insufficient | 4,596 | 42.7 | 13.6 | ||
| Sufficient | 6,844 | 57.3 | 8.2 | 31.69 | <.001 |
| Tobacco use | |||||
| No | 10,004 | 90.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Yes | 1,260 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 0.08 | .76 |
| Chronic alcohol abuse | |||||
| No | 10,656 | 95.3 | 10.7 | ||
| Yes | 573 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.43 | .02 |
| Long term illness | |||||
| No | 5,088 | 39.9 | 6.6 | ||
| Yes | 6,317 | 60.1 | 13.1 | 44.38 | <.001 |
| Retired less than 5 years | |||||
| No | 9,653 | 90.6 | 10.6 | ||
| Yes | 1,189 | 9.4 | 6.6 | 7.33 | .006 |
| Type of neighborhood | |||||
| Big city | 1,477 | 14.4 | 9.6 | ||
| Surburbs or outskirts of a big city | 1,666 | 12.0 | 13.4 | ||
| Large town | 2,152 | 15.3 | 10.5 | ||
| Small town | 2,864 | 27.1 | 9.9 | ||
| Rural area or village | 3,281 | 31.3 | 10.3 | 1.34 | .24 |
| Children | |||||
| No | 1,176 | 11.4 | 12.5 | ||
| Yes | 10,264 | 88.6 | 10.2 | 2.03 | .15 |
| Cohabitation with children | |||||
| No | 7,699 | 70.7 | 10.0 | ||
| Yes | 2,549 | 29.3 | 10.7 | 0.34 | .56 |
| Contacts with children outside participant’s residence | |||||
| No | 836 | 12.8 | 12.2 | ||
| Yes | 6,860 | 87.2 | 9.7 | 1.46 | .23 |
| Recieved material support in the last 12 months | |||||
| No | 8,399 | 72.0 | 8.9 | ||
| Yes | 3,035 | 28.0 | 14.8 | 28.5 | <.001 |
| Gave material support in the last 12 months | |||||
| No | 8,949 | 80.9 | 11.4 | ||
| Yes | 2,414 | 19.1 | 6.7 | 16.76 | <.001 |
| Participated in community activities in the last month | |||||
| No | 6,674 | 65.3 | 12.4 | ||
| Yes | 4,616 | 34.7 | 6.7 | 33.87 | <.001 |
| Death ideation in the last month | |||||
| No | 10,239 | 89.5 | |||
| Yes | 956 | 10.5 | |||
| Mean number of positive items at Euro-D (11 items) for participants with and without death ideations | |||||
| Positive death ideations item | 5.56 | ||||
| Negative death ideations item | 2.43 |
*
Weighted percentages by country are not showed since data were not adjusted for country size.