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. 2015 Mar 14;48(2):94–104. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.14.055

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics and the presence of suicidal ideation by gender

Women
Men
Absence Presence Total p-value Absence Presence Total p-value
Age (y) <0.001 <0.001
 20-29 1817 (80.8) 433 (19.2) 2250 1508 (92.7) 119 (7.3) 1627
 30-39 3325 (85.2) 577 (14.8) 3902 2502 (91.9) 221 (8.1) 2723
 40-49 3045 (84.0) 581 (16.0) 3626 2518 (90.8) 255 (9.2) 2773
 50-59 2924 (82.1) 639 (17.9) 3563 2279 (88.3) 301 (11.7) 2580
 60-69 2391 (76.0) 753 (24.0) 3144 2180 (87.7) 305 (12.3) 2485
 ≥70 1979 (67.2) 964 (32.8) 2943 1716 (82.2) 372 (17.8) 2088
Residential area <0.001 <0.001
 Urban 12 023 (80.8) 2856 (19.2) 14 879 9700 (89.7) 1113 (10.3) 10 813
 Rural 6458 (85.5) 1091 (14.5) 7549 3003 (86.7) 460 (13.3) 3463
Marital status 0.73 0.42
 Married 13 812 (79.6) 3529 (20.4) 17 341 10 755 (88.9) 1344 (11.1) 12 099
 Single 1669 (80.0) 418 (20.0) 2087 1948 (89.5) 229 (10.5) 2177
Job status <0.001 <0.001
 Unemployed 7955 (77.9) 2253 (22.1) 10 208 2972 (83.7) 579 (16.3) 3551
 Employed 7526 (81.6) 1694 (18.4) 9220 9731 (90.7) 994 (9.3) 10 725
Sleep hours (h)
 <6 2391 (70.9) 983 (29.1) 3374 <0.001 1563 (82.7) 328 (17.3) 1891 <0.001
 6-8 11 844 (82.1) 2580 (17.9) 14 424 10 257 (90.4) 1084 (9.6) 11 341
 ≥8 1246 (76.4) 384 (23.6) 1630 883 (84.6) 161 (15.4) 1044
House income <0.001 <0.001
 1Q (lowest) 2916 (68.8) 1323 (31.2) 4239 2140 (80.8) 510 (19.2) 2650
 2Q (second lowest) 3874 (78.7) 1051 (21.3) 4925 3183 (87.7) 446 (12.3) 3629
 3Q (third lowest) 4229 (82.5) 898 (17.5) 5127 3637 (91.8) 327 (8.2) 3964
 4Q (highest) 4462 (86.9) 675 (13.1) 5137 3743 (92.8) 290 (7.2) 4033
Educational level <0.001 <0.001
 Elementary school 4579 (70.3) 1931 (29.7) 6510 2194 (80.2) 541 (19.8) 2735
 Middle school 1629 (81.0) 383 (19.0) 2012 1513 (87.2) 223 (12.8) 1736
 High school 5127 (83.7) 1000 (16.3) 6127 4609 (90.7) 473 (9.3) 5082
 College or over 4146 (86.8) 633 (13.2) 4779 4387 (92.9) 336 (7.1) 4723
Perceived health status <0.001 <0.001
 Excellent 610 (89.6) 71 (10.4) 681 750 (93.8) 50 (6.3) 800
 Very good 4974 (86.9) 753 (13.1) 5727 4676 (93.1) 345 (6.9) 5021
 Good 6758 (83.8) 1308 (16.2) 8066 5386 (90.5) 566 (9.5) 5952
 Poor 2726 (67.5) 1312 (32.5) 4038 1677 (78.5) 460 (21.5) 2137
 Very poor 413 (45.1) 503 (54.9) 916 214 (58.5) 152 (41.5) 366
The presence of hypertension <0.001 <0.001
 No 12 325 (81.3) 2832 (18.7) 15 157 9975 (89.7) 1141 (10.3) 11 116
 Yes 3156 (73.9) 1115 (26.1) 4271 2728 (86.3) 432 (13.7) 3160
The presence of diabetes <0.001 <0.001
 No 14 468 (80.4) 3526 (19.6) 17 994 11 563 (89.4) 1367 (10.6) 12 930
 Yes 1013 (70.6) 421 (29.4) 1434 1140 (84.7) 206 (15.3) 1346
The presence of major depressive disorder <0.001 <0.001
 No 14 873 (81.1) 3461 (18.9) 18 334 12 568 (89.5) 1471 (10.5) 14 039
 Yes 608 (55.6) 486 (44.4) 1094 135 (57.0) 102 (43.0) 237
Level of stress <0.001 <0.001
 High 3481 (60.4) 2287 (39.6) 5768 2653 (76.5) 813 (23.5) 3466
 Low 12 000 (87.8) 1660 (12.2) 13 660 10 050 (93.0) 760 (7.0) 10 810
The difference in BI <0.001 <0.001
 A1: low BMI and skinny BI (N) 652 (78.7) 176 (21.3) 828 359 (84.5) 66 (15.5) 425
 A2: middle BMI and skinny BI (U) 1330 (70.8) 549 (29.2) 1879 2284 (86.6) 354 (13.4) 2638
 A3: high BMI and skinny BI (U) 100 (62.9) 59 (37.1) 159 42 (82.4) 9 (17.6) 51
 B1: low BMI and normal BI (O) 172 (75.4) 56 (24.6) 228 22 (73.3) 8 (26.7) 30
 B2: normal BMI and normal BI (N) 5567 (83.4) 1112 (16.6) 6679 4362 (89.7) 499 (10.3) 4861
 B3: high BMI and normal BI (U) 678 (77.8) 193 (22.2) 871 895 (88.8) 113 (11.2) 1008
 C1: low BMI and fat BI (O) 4 (100.0) 0.0 4 5 (100.0) 0.0 5
 C2: normal BMI and fat BI (O) 3284 (81.3) 755 (18.7) 4039 1153 (88.7) 147 (11.3) 1300
 C3: high BMI and fat BI (N) 3694 (77.9) 1047 (22.1) 4741 3581 (90.5) 377 (9.5) 3958
Total 15 481 (79.7) 3947 (20.3) 19 428 12 703 (89.0) 1573 (11.0) 14 276

Values are presented as number (%).

Data were adjusted for study year and BMI.

BI, body image; BMI, body mass index; N, normal body weight perception; U, underweight body weight perception; O, overweight body weight perception.