Table 1.
Variable | Sub-category | Total sample | Sample stratified by suicidal ideation
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SI− (N = 99) | SI+ (N = 62) | p | |||
Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 51 (15) | 51 (16) | 52 (13) | 0.58 |
Gender | Males N (%) | 151 (93%) | 93 (93%) | 58 (93%) | 0.58 |
Race | White N (%) | 76 (47%) | 48 (48%) | 28 (45%) | 0.52 |
Black N (%) | 75 (46%) | 44 (44%) | 31 (50%) | ||
Others N (%) | 10 (6%) | 7 (7%) | 3 (4%) | ||
Ethnicity | Hispanic N (%) | 5 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 1.00 |
Marital status | Single N (%) | 104 (64%) | 63 (63%) | 41 (66%) | 0.86 |
Married N (%) | 57 (35%) | 36 (36%) | 21 (33%) | ||
Vocational status | Full-time N (%) | 44 (27%) | 35 (35%) | 9 (14%) | 0.74 |
Part-time N (%) | 19 (11%) | 14 (14%) | 5 (8%) | ||
Financial status | Can make ends meet N (%) | 109 (67%) | 80 (80%) | 29 (47%) | <0.001 |
Cannot make ends meet N (%) | 52 (32%) | 19 (19%) | 33 (53%) |
SI− = absence of any suicidal ideation in the past year; SI+ = a positive response to ≥1 question on the Paykel questionnaire for suicidal ideation; financial status was assessed using the question, “have at least enough to get by or more”, and “cannot make ends meet”; SD = Standard Deviation.