Table 1. Relationship between socio-demographic features of major depression and suicidality.
| No suicidal ideation New (OLD) Combined | Suicidal ideation New (OLD) Combined | P of difference | Combined P | No suicidal plan New (OLD) Combined | Suicidal plan New (OLD) Combined | P of difference | Combined P | No attempted suicide New (OLD) Combined | Attempted suicide New (OLD) Combined | P of difference | Combined P | |
| Age a | 43,40±9.07 (44.90±9.01) 43.91±9.10 | 44.66±8.79 (45.15±8.72) 44.87±8.81 | NS | 0.000 | 44.16±9.00 (45.16±9.08) 44.52±9.07 | 44.17±8.33 (44.78±8.60) 44.39±8.81 | NS | 0.573 | 44.51±8.82 (44.94±8.43) 44.67±8.75 | 43.83±8.83 (44.74±8.85) 44.15±8.88 | NS | 0.118 |
| Marital Status(%) | ||||||||||||
| Married | 83.7 (84.1) 83.5 | 83.4 (83.3) 83.6 | NS | 0.042 | 84.8 (85.5) 84.9 | 82.0 (81.4) 82.0 | NS | 0.004 | 84.7 (85.3) 84.9 | 79.3 (78.5) 79.1 | NS | 0.000 |
| Never married | 3.9 (1.7) 3.8 | 3.2 (3.7) 2.8 | 3.3 (2.9) 3.2 | 3.7 (1.8) 3.2 | 3.1 (2.5) 2.9 | 5.0 (2.4) 4.2 | ||||||
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 12.4 (14.2) 12.7 | 13.4 (13.1) 13.6 | 12.0 (11.0) 11.9 | 14.2 (16.7) 14.9 | 12.2 (12.7) 12.3 | 15.7 (19.1) 16.7 | ||||||
| Education(%) | ||||||||||||
| Primary school/Middle school | 16.2 (16.3) 16.3 | 23.7 (22.9) 23.5 | NS | 0.000 | 20.1 (19.3) 19.9 | 21.5 (21.8) 21.7 | NS | 0.001 | 21.0 (20.2) 20.8 | 19.9 (21.1) 20.3 | NS | 0.097 |
| Technical school | 52.1 (56.7) 53.4 | 55.6 (55.6) 55.4 | 52.6 (56.1) 53.6 | 56.2 (56.0) 55.9 | 53.3 (56.0) 53.9 | 57.4 (56.2) 57.0 | ||||||
| College/graduate | 31.8 (27.0) 30.3 | 20.8 (21.5) 21.2 | 27.3 (24.7) 26.5 | 22.3 (22.2) 22.5 | 25.7 (23.8) 25.3 | 22.6 (22.7) 22.7 | ||||||
| Occupation (%) | ||||||||||||
| Employed | 38.3 (35.0) 37.3 | 29.0 (29.0) 28.9 | NS | 0.000 | 35.6 (33.8) 34.9 | 29.0 (28.0) 28.7 | NS | 0.000 | 33.5 (32.5) 33.2 | 29.3 (26.8) 28.5 | NS | 0.004 |
| Unemployed | 42.8 (40.9) 42.1 | 52.5 (48.7) 51.2 | 46.1 (42.6) 44.9 | 51.9 (49.9) 51.1 | 47.9 (44.6) 46.7 | 51.7 (50.0) 51.0 | ||||||
| Retired | 18.9 (34.1) 20.6 | 19.5 (22.3) 19.9 | 18.3 (23.7) 20.2 | 19.2 (22.1) 20.2 | 18.6 (22.9) 20.1 | 19.1 (23.2) 20.5 |
This table shows the results of chi square tests for differences in marital status, level of education achieved, and occupational status between those with and without suicidal symptomatology.Data in bracket were from previous research and the italics were from the total data. The combined P were from the total dataP of difference showed the difference between the previous research and present research.
a
Age was new-analyzed in this study.